Strike-Outs: Even-Letter Deletions

Authors

Stanley L. Payne

Abstract

Various kinds of wordplay can be devised using deletions: the APRICOT contains a PIT, household GARBAGE yields GARAGE sales. The May 1967 Word Ways featured Tom Pulliam's synonymic deletions: INDOLENT contains IDLE, to DECLINE is to DIE. This article features a special class of deletions -- those in which the even letters of a word are struck out, leaving another word.

Recommended Citation

Payne, Stanley L. (1977) "Strike-Outs: Even-Letter Deletions," Word Ways: Vol. 10 : Iss. 4 , Article 21.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol10/iss4/21