Shiftgrams Revisited

Authors

Darryl Francis

Abstract

The concept of word-shifts was introduced in Dmitri Borgmann's Language on Vacation (1965). Consider the word COLD for instance. Shifting each of the letters three spaces forward in the alphabet, COLD becomes FROG: and shifting the letters of CHEER seven spaces forward produces JOLLY. Dmitri offered many other examples in his book.

Recommended Citation

Francis, Darryl (2002) "Shiftgrams Revisited," Word Ways: Vol. 35 : Iss. 4 , Article 22.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol35/iss4/22