More purple turtles (Part 1).Dan Tilque's The Purple Turtle “Purple Turtle” redirects here. For other uses, see Purple Turtle (disambiguation). The Purple Turtle is the name of a group of burners, mostly visual and performance artists as well as engineers and photographers, that is based in San Diego. in the August 2004 issue demonstrated that some of the simplest ideas are often the most appealing. There are 325 possible substitutions (not 375), and Dan listed 224 of these (not 277). By extending the search to include the Oxford English Dictionary Oxford English Dictionary (OED) great multi-volume historical dictionary of English. [Br. Hist.: Caught in the Web of Words] See : Lexicography , Second Edition (oed), etc., and locations other than US place names, I managed to fill all the gaps. Not having a program for this particular exercise, I didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do find it a particularly easy task. Some letters are more difficult to substitute than others. The letter W is one such, and I note that WAWA WAWA West Africa Wins Again WAWA Water Authority of Western Australia WAWA Women's Association for Women's Alternatives WAWA We Are Wide Awake (Clermont, Florida) WAWA Watershed Awareness to Watershed Action (Ohio) occurs six times in Dan's list. Q and X substitutions can also pose problems, which is why in the list below RIQQ (an Egyptian tambourine tambourine (tăm'bərēn`), musical instrument of the percussion family, having a narrow circular frame and a single parchment drumhead, with metal plates or jingles set in the frame. ) and FIXX
Fixx is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe from an alternate future. She as a member of X-Factor, X.S.E. and X.U.E. She first appeared in X-Factor (1st. series) #140. (a surname SURNAME. A name which is added to the christian name, and which, in modern times, have become family names. 2. They are called surnames, because originally they were written over the name in judicial writings and contracts. ), amongst other words, occur several times. Vowel-consonant substitutions can also be difficult and, again, some words are used more than once.
AJ AIAIA/JIJIJ AL YAAS (US yes--oed) / YLLS
(hills--oed)
AQ AOROA (New Zealand) / QOROQ AS AIDA / SIDS
(Iran)
AT AREA / TRET (both Web2) AV AOA (Century Dic.-the Banyan
tree) / VOV (9th letter of
Yiddish alphabet--Web3)
AX AIA (ayah--oed) / XIX AZ AELA (Estonia) / ZELZ
(Guatemala) (Poland)
BE BIRB (a minute barb or BQ BANAB (Iran) / QANAQ
beard--oed) / EIRE (Greenland)
BU BEB (bib v. to drink--oed) /
UEU (Angola)
CQ COROC (Laos) / QOROQ (see AQ) CU ICC (I pronoun--oed) / IUU
(yew--oed)
CX CERCES (= searces,
sifts--oed) / XERXES
DE DIRD (shock--oed) / EIRE DO DAD / OAO (cemetery in Fiji
Islands)
DQ RIDD (rid v.--oed) / RIQQ DU ADD / AUU (awe--oed)
DX FIDD (rid n.--oed) / FIXX
EF EIE (Scots eye--edd) / FIF EJ AEAEA (Circe--Random House
(five--oed) Dic.) / AJAJA (roseate
spoonbill--Web2)
EL IEE (eye--oed) / ILL EN EURE (destiny--oed) / NURN
(to utter- oed)
EQ EAE (eye--oed) / QAQ (a god EV EAES (eyes--oed) / VAVS
of fire) (OSPD)
EW WEWE (weave--oed) / WTWT EX AEIE (any--oed) / AXIX, Dar
(without--oed) bou (Tunisia)
EZ IEE (see EL) / IZZ (Oman)
FQ RIFF (a string of FU HOFFS (houghs-oed) / HOUUS
onions--oed) / RIQQ (house--oed)
FX COFFS (buys-oed) / COXXS FZ MUFFLE / MUZZLE (both Web2)
(cock 1546 citn. oed)
GQ RIGG (rig--oed) / RIQQ GU HOGGS (hogs--oed) / HOUUS
(see FU)
GX FIGG (the surname of a near
neighbour here) / FIXX
HJ HUHU (a New Zealand HQ HANAH (a name-edd suppl)/
beetle-oed) / JUJU (oed) QANAQ (see BQ
HR HUHU (see HJ) / RURU (New HX AHIHA / AXIXA (Brazil)
Zealand owl--oed)
IJ IEI (Ethiopia) / JEJ IM IEREI (Somalia) / MEREM
(Afghanistan) (Indonesia)
IN IUI (a language) / NUN IP IOI (joy--oed) / POP
IQ IAI (var of IAAl below) / IV IAI (see IQ) / VAV (=
QAQ (see EQ) vau--oed)
IW IAAI (a language) / WAAW IX IEREI (Somalia) / XEREX (a
(dial. wow--edd) Canadian Co.)
JO JIJIJ (a tree) / OIOIO (a JP HAJJ (hadj-oed) / HAPP (hap=
plantain) chance- oed)
JQ JANAJ (Egyptian village) / JU JAJ (Ethiopia) / UAU
QANAQ (see BQ) (Hawaiian petrel)
JV JAJ (see JU) / VAV (see IV) JW HAJJAH (Yemen)/HAWWAH
(Hebrew 'Eve')
JX JANAJ (see JQ) / XANAX (a
brand of alprazolam-Random
House Dic. 2nd Ed. 1987)
KO KAK (dial. cack--edd) / OAO KQ RIKK (Web2--same as RIQQ) /
(see DO) RIQQ
KU AKK (Akk Emma--oed) / AUU KX KERKES (kirks =
(awe--oed) churches--oed)/XERXES
LO ILL / IOO (yea--oed) LQ SHILL (sonorous a.--oed)/
SHIQQ (a jinn in
LU ILL / IUU (yew--oed) LX FILL / FIXX pre-lslamic
mythy.--edncm)
MO MUM / OUO (Mall) MQ RIMM (rim, a membrane--oed) /
RIQQ
MU IMMES (immeasurable--oed) /
IUUES (Jew-oed)
NO INN / IOO (see LO) NQ RINN (run--oed) / RIQQ
NX FINN / FIXX
OP OAO (see DO) / PAP OQ OIO (Hawaiian ladyfish) / QIQ
(mutiny-Klingon)
OT OEO (New Zealand) / TET OV OAO (see DO) / VAV (see IV)
(tate--oed)
OW DOOE (doe--oed) / DWWE OX OEO (New Zealand) / XEX (El
(due--oed) Xex in Guatemala)
PQ RIPP (reap--oed) / RIQQ PU OPPER (Chile) / OUUER
(over--oed)
PX FOPP (fop n.--oed / FOXX (a
surname)
QR SHIQQ (see LQ) / SHIRR (to OS RIQQ / RISS (rise--oed)
gather--oed)
QT RIQQ / RITT (ride--oed) QU AQQ, Ra's al (Oman) / AUU
(see KU)
QV AQQAL, Magharat al(Lebanon) / QW AQQAD, Al (Yemen) / AWWAD (S
AVVAL (Uzbek) Arabia)
QX QAQA (Lesotho) / XIXI (China) QY RIQQ / RIYY, Jabal ar (Yemen)
QZ RIQQ / R1ZZ, Qoubbet Sahn er
(Lebanon)
RV REER (rear--oed) / VEEV RW RARE / WAWE (waw--oed)
(vivid--edd)
RX FIRR (fir tree--oed) / FIXX
SU ASS/AUU (see KU) SX FOSS (force n.--oed) / FOXX
TU GROTTE (groat--oed) / GROUUE TX FITT (fit--oed) / FIXX
(grow--oed)
UW HOUUE (houve--oed) / HOWWE UX UEU (see BU) / XEX (see OX)
(hoe--oed)
UZ IUU (see CU) / IZZ ad Din
(Syria)
VX VIV / XIX (see AX)
WX SEWWES / SEXXES
(sixes--Middle English
Dic., Ed. Hans Karath 1959)
XY NAXXAR (a Maltese town) /
Muhsin an NAYYAR (Iraq)
XZ FIXX/FIZZ
YZ IYYAR (the post-exilic name
of one of the Jewish
months--oed) / IZZAR,
Koudia Beni (Algeria)
Dan's longest set of PTs, based on the tautonymic letter pattern 2A2A A2A Access to Archives (UK) A2A Application to Application A2A Air-To-Air (weapon) A2A Administration-to-Administration A2A Any to Any , has 14 elements. However, the palindromic pal·in·dro·mic adj. Relapsing; recurring. letter pattern 2A2 will accept all 25 substitutions from B through Z resulting in a set of PTs with 25 elements, the longest possible. All 25 2A2 words can be found in The Palindromicon 11 (Word Ways Monograph Series 6, 2002). It follows that 300 of the 325 possible substitutions can be represented by using the 2A2 pattern i.e. all except the 25 which would involve substituting only two of the three As in AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. to make BAB through ZAZ ZAZ Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker (movie producers) ZAZ Zaragoza, Spain - Zaragoza (Airport Code) ZAZ Zaporozhsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Ukrainian car manufacturer) ZAZ Zaporojet Avtomobilnii Zavod , which would break the rules of the game. But all this would be boring in the extreme. The palindromic pattern A22A is nearly as fecund fe·cund adj. Capable of producing offspring; fertile. , all except AOOA AOOA Air Operations Objectives and Apportionment being in The Palindromicon H. I couldn't could·n't Contraction of could not. couldn't could not even find an acceptable AOOA on the internet! References: edd-English Dialect dialect, variety of a language used by a group of speakers within a particular speech community. Every individual speaks a variety of his language, termed an idiolect. Dictionary; edncm-Everyman's Dictionary of Non-Classical Mythology mythology [Greek,=the telling of stories], the entire body of myths in a given tradition, and the study of myths. Students of anthropology, folklore, and religion study myths in different ways, distinguishing them from various other forms of popular, often orally ; OSPD-Official Scrabble Scrabble Game in which two to four players compete in forming words with lettered wooden tiles on a 225-square board. Words spelled out by letters on the tiles interlock like words in a crossword puzzle. Words are scored by adding up the point values of their letters. Players Dictionary; Web2/3-Webster's 2nd/3rd Editions. Locations, taken from The United States Board on Geographic Names The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is an American federal body whose purpose is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the U.S. government. Overview The Board was created in 1890; its present form derives from a law of 1947. , are identified by country. Unreferenced palindromes can be found in The Palindromicon 11 (Word Ways Monograph Series 6, 2002). SUSAN THORPE Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England thorpeds@hotmail.com |
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