At the Outer Limits

Authors

Dmitri A. Borgmann

Abstract

Those of use who spend our time skulking along the periphery of language have been indescribably saddened by the recent quasi demise of one of the most interesting words in the outer reaches of the alphabet: ZZXJOANW, a purportedly Maori name for a drum or fife, as well as for a musical conclusion. The word is now believed to be fictitious, as explained in an article in the November 1976 Word Ways.

Recommended Citation

Borgmann, Dmitri A. (1977) "At the Outer Limits," Word Ways: Vol. 10 : Iss. 2 , Article 18.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol10/iss2/18