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Dmitri Borgmann
Borgmann in a 1964 portrait by Jeff Lowenthal
Born
Dmitri Alfred Borgmann

(1927-10-22)October 22, 1927
Berlin, Weimar Republic
DiedDecember 7, 1985(1985-12-07) (aged 58)
Dayton, Washington, U.S.
Known forLogology

Dmitri Alfred Borgmann (October 22, 1927 – December 7, 1985) was a German-American author best known for his work in recreational linguistics.

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Dmitri Borgmann

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Dmitri Alfred Borgmann (October 22, 1927 – December 7, 1985) was a German-American author best known for his work in recreational linguistics. Borgmann...

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discussed in literature in various forms since 1967, when it appeared in Dmitri Borgmann's Beyond Language: Adventures in Word and Thought. The sentence employs...

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Beyond Language

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Language: Adventures in Word and Thought is a 1967 book written by Dmitri Borgmann. Like Borgmann's first book, Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical...

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Borgmann

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American basketball player Dmitri Borgmann, author Heinrich Borgmann, German military officer during World War II Wolfgang Borgmann, singer with the band Mekong...

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Language on Vacation

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An Olio of Orthographical Oddities is a 1965 book written by Dmitri Borgmann. Borgmann introduces his book by stating that he hopes it will "elevate...

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Will Shortz

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him a B+.) At age 13, Shortz wrote to Language on Vacation author Dmitri Borgmann for advice on how to pursue a career in puzzles. At age 16, Shortz...

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Zzxjoanw

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the word doesn't appear in any other dictionary we've consulted". Dmitri Borgmann included the term in his 1965 book, Language on Vacation: An Olio of...

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Ghost word

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needed] In his book Beyond Language: Adventures in Word and Thought, Dmitri Borgmann shows how feamyng, a purported collective noun for ferrets which appeared...

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Martin Gardner

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grapevine includes: Robert Ammann Mitsumasa Anno Elwyn R. Berlekamp Dmitri A. Borgmann Gregory Chaitin Fan Chung John Horton Conway H.S.M. Coxeter Erik Demaine...

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Word square

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in effect constitutes four identical 5-squares. Darryl Francis and Dmitri Borgmann succeeded in using near-tautonyms (second- and third-order reduplication)...

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Ambigram

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to ambigrams. Among them, the expressions "vertical palindromes" by Dmitri Borgmann (1965) and Georges Perec, "designatures" (1979), "inversions" (1980)...

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Puzzle Lovers Club

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(1): 35–42. "Dmitri Alfred Borgmann". Who's Who in Finance and Industry. Vol. 22. Marquis Who's Who. 1981. p. 68. "Dmitri Alfred Borgmann". Who's Who in...

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Word Ways

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recreational linguistics, logology and word play. It was established by Dmitri Borgmann in 1968 at the behest of Martin Gardner. Howard Bergerson took over...

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El Uqsor

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or Luxor, the former city of Thebes, Egypt El Uqsor, a pseudonym of Dmitri Borgmann This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title El...

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Piphilology

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incorrectly indicates that the 18th digit is seven. The logologist Dmitri Borgmann gives the following 30-word poem in his book, Language on Vacation:...

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List of University of Chicago alumni

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author Paul C. Borgman (Ph.D. 1973) – religious author and professor Dmitri Borgmann (Ph.B.) – writer Alice C. Browning (Ph.B. 1931) — writer, editor of...

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1965 in literature

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Algren – Notes from a Sea Diary: Hemingway All the Way (travel book) Dmitri Borgmann – Language on Vacation Nirad C. Chaudhuri – The Continent of Circe...

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List of people from Chicago

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Macroeconomist Allan Bloom Sep 14, 1930 Oct 7, 1992 Writer and translator Dmitri Borgmann Oct 22, 1927 Dec 7, 1985 Writer Candy Dawson Boyd Aug 8, 1946 Writer...

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Palindromes and Anagrams

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National Puzzlers' League, and some had been previously printed in Dmitri Borgmann's Language on Vacation. Other sections of the book cover palindromes...

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1967 in literature

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Patten and Adrian Henri – The Mersey Sound J. A. Baker – The Peregrine Dmitri Borgmann – Beyond Language Peter Brown – Augustine of Hippo: A Biography Robert...

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Joseph Madachy

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and Mathematical Diversions. He served as the literary agent for Dmitri Borgmann's Language on Vacation. Longtime colleagues and co-authors include Martin...

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