Is That a Word?: From AA to ZZZ, the Weird and Wonderful Language of Scrabble

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I could isolate, consciously, little. Everything seemed blurred, yellow- clouded, yielding nothing tangible. Her inept acrostics, maudlin evasions, theopathies— every recollection formed ripples of mysterious meaning. Everything seemed yellowly blurred, illusive, lost. Acrostic in Chaucer's "La Priere de Nostre Dame" The word that is spelled out in an acrostic is called the acrostich. The acrostich typically bears a special meaning in relation to the content of the acrostic, such as revealing the name of the poem's subject or the name of its author.

This poem by Lewis Carroll spells out the names of three sisters: Lorina, Alice, and Edith. Alice was purportedly the real-life inspiration for Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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Acrostics are in some ways similar to acronyms, in that both involve the isolation of individual letters to make a new word. Just as a poem might form the acrostich "Rose" from the first letters of its four lines, so is the acronym POTUS made by taking the first letters of " President of the United States." However, acrostics and acronyms are not the same, for two reasons:

For those who write, this tool can be an excellent device to aid in the creative writing process. By In the examples below, the letters that form the acrostich (the acrostic's hidden message) are bold. Acrostic in Lewis Carroll's "Acrostic"a b c d Bussmann, Hadumod (1998). Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics. Gregory Trauth, Kerstin Kazzazi. London: Routledge. p.1285. ISBN 0-415-02225-8. OCLC 41252822. know which words will appear, creativity must be used to successfully incorporate all the words. To make The task of defining what constitutes a "word" involves determining where one word ends and another word begins — that is, identifying word boundaries. There are several ways to determine where the word boundaries of spoken language should be placed: [5] How does Microsoft Word compare to Google Docs in terms of functionalities? Both offer robust tools for document editing, but Word generally has more advanced features and better integration with other Office programs. A few kind words that start with the letter A include admirable, affectionate, attentive, charming, courteous, delightful, enjoyable, generous and hilarious.