Word Girders

Authors

Chris Cole

Abstract

On p 160 of Language on Vacation (1965), Dmitri Borgmann issued the challenge "For the logophile who feels the urge to explore virgin territory, word girders are just the thing." A word girder is constructed by exchanging letters between a pair of words to form another pair of words. Borgmann lists three 5-letter examples.

Recommended Citation

Cole, Chris (2002) "Word Girders," Word Ways: Vol. 35 : Iss. 4 , Article 10.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol35/iss4/10