Word Ways
Abstract
To understand my episode of horological horror, various things need to be explained. I began by assigning a number of minutes to each letter of the alphabet so that A occupies one minute, B two minutes, C three minutes through Z 26 minutes. The time occupied by a word is therefore equal to the sum of the minutes occupied b y each of its letters. Thus the word TIME occupies a period of 47 = 20 + 9 + 13 + 5 minutes.
Recommended Citation
Thorpe, Susan
(2001)
"Clock Words,"
Word Ways: Vol. 34
:
Iss.
1
, Article 18.
Retrieved from:
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol34/iss1/18
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