Curiously Concealed Cities

Authors

Dmitri A. Borgmann

Abstract

Interested examination discloses that many well-known English words and phrases contain the names of equally well-known cities, either American or foreign. Embedded in the word DRAINAGE, for example, is READING (Pennsylvania), its letters rearranged and an A added. In the same way, the phrase AN OBLONG disguises BOLOGNA (Italy), the single letter added here being an N.

Recommended Citation

Borgmann, Dmitri A. (1984) "Curiously Concealed Cities," Word Ways: Vol. 17 : Iss. 3 , Article 9.
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