The Francis Xavier O'Brien Problem

Authors

A. Ross Eckler

Abstract

You are standing in the baggage room at the airport, waiting for your luggage to catch up with you. Idly, you notice the various initials on the other suitcases, trying to reconstruct the names of their owners. There's E.E.E. - could that be Elizabeth Eugenia Everett? Or Ebenezer Edgar Esterhazy? And J.F.K.? Surely that couldn't be -?

Recommended Citation

Eckler, A. Ross (1968) "The Francis Xavier O'Brien Problem," Word Ways: Vol. 1 : Iss. 4 , Article 17.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol1/iss4/17