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Take My Word for It
By Frank Colby
Nonsense Words
and How They Grew.
St. Louis: How do you account
for the “n” in passenger and mes
senger?—E. E. H.
Answer: The “n” is intrusive,
i.e., it has crept into the words
illegitimately. The words entered
Middle English from the French as
“passager” and “messager!” In
Webster's original American Dic
tionary of the English language,
•‘messager” is listed as the first
choice spelling, and “passager” is
the only choice, although followed
by this note: “This word is usually
>ritten ‘passenger.’”
Many other English words have
intrusive vowels or consonants. The
“d” of thunder is intrusive, for the
original Anglo-Saxon word “thu
nor.” Nimble, in Middle English,
was “nimel.” Thimble was “thymel.”
Thumb was the Anglo - Saxon
"thuma,” which in Middle English,
evolved * thus: thume, thoumbe,
The “1” of “could” is intrusive.
The Middle English spelling was
“coude”; the Anglo-Saxon was
“cuthe.” The “1” of could simply
slipped into the word by association
with should and would, the Middle
English forms of which were
“sholde” and “wolde.”
Another curious intrusion has oc
curred in such words as nickname
and newt, “a kind of salamander.”
Nickname, originally, was “ekename”
and meant “surname.” The original
Middle English spelling of newt was
“ewte.” In speech, “an ekename”
and “an ewte” were mistaken for
“a nekename” and “a newte.” The
errors persisted until finally the
words sprouted permanent initial
“n’s” and became “nickname” and
“newt.”
But the opposite occurred In the
case of apron, umpire, and adder,
the viper. Apron entered Middle
English from the old French as
napron, a word closely akin to nap
kin, both having evolved from the
Latin nappa, “table napkin,” Um
pire in Middle English, was nom
pere, from the Old French nonper,
“not even,” hence, a third (person).
The adder, in Anglo-Saxon, was
naedre, which became the Milddle
English naddre.
Now these three words when
spoken were taken to be “an napron,
an ompere, an addre,” hence, the
modem, spelling “apron, umpire,
adder.’
Word Game
Find 29 or more words in
OVERTURN,
meaning, “to overthrow, upset."
Average is 27; limit, 25 minutes.
Rules—Words must be of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition of “s,” such as "bats,”
"eats,” are not used. Only one form of a
word Is used. Proper names are not used.
A list will be published tomorrow.
Answer to BIOGRAPHT.
boar gory airy harp
brag gray pair harpy
bray graph phobia hairy
brig grip porgy hoary
orgy grab pray hypo
garb abhor prig
Bobby Sox
I’ve juet got to meet that
boy. He’d go with my new suit,
perfectly!’’
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.ine saietv piay, so irequenuy res
tored in this department, does not
enjoy the same degree of popularity
with tournament players that it
does with those who seek the more
negotiable stuff. The enterprising
trouper in quest of silver cups and
master points will sometimes risk
everything in an effort to gain an
additional trick or two which to the
rubber bridge player are a matter
of no consequence whatsoever. The
bidding of today’s hand is given as
it occurred at most of the tables
in a recent tournament from which
it was culled.
At some tables the final contract
was six no-trump, which was reached
by those who wanted the last drop
in the way of the additional 10
points that the higher ranking con
tract yields. This is no considera
tion at all at rubber bridge, but in
tournament play, where each deal
represents a separate match, the 10
points may prove very decisive.
Simple though it is in structure,
this hand provided a pitfall to many
of the players who held it. In all
cases, a club was opened whether
North or South was declarer. This
was a fortunate break, inasmuch as
a spade opening would have made
life a complicated affair for the de
clarer. Where the hand was played
at no-trump, the diamonds were
tested first. When it was learned
that East held a singleton in that
suit, declarer took it for granted
that if hearts failed to break, the
length would be with East and a
finesse against the queen was there
fore planned. With this in view,
the king of hearts was cashed and
then and there the contract went
up in smoke. West could not be
prevented from taking two heart
tricks.
The thought of taking 13 tricks
should not have been seriously en
tertained by declarer. The safety
of a slam contract is the prime con
Goren on Bridge
—By Charles H. Goren
Both vulnerable, south deals.
NORTH
* J65
t?K94
0 AQ953
* A4
WEST EAST
AK104 A Q 9 8 7 2
<7 Q 10 7 3 V 5
0 J84 0 2
*987 * Q J 10 6 5 3
SOUTH
* A3
<S> AJ862
O K 10 7 6
* K 2
The bidding:
South West North East
1 heart Pass 2 diamonds Pass
3 diamonds Pass 3 hearts Pass
3 spades Pass 4 clubs Pass
6 hearts Pass Pass Pass
Opening lead, nine of clubs.
sideration and a method of play
should be sought which assures the
winning of four heart tricks. This
could have been accomplished by
the simple device of playing the ace
of hearts first. The deuce of hearts
is then led toward the North hand.
If West follows with a low card, the
nine is played from dummy. If it
should lose to the ten, declarer’s
troubles are over, since the queen
must drop next time. If, on the
second lead of hearts, West inserts
the ten, the trick is won with the
king and one trick is given up to
the queen. If West should show out
at the second lead of hearts, that
trick is won with the king and a
low heart lead toward the jack holds
the enemy to one trick in that suit.
It is to be observed that in follow
ing the preferred line of play, de
clarer does not abandon all hope of
making seven, which will still be
available if he happens to catch
a doubleton queen of hearts in the
West hand.
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Points for Parents
—By Edyth Thomas Wallaca
Having a mother who is a chronic prompter may be a factor
in a child’s unwillingness to talk.
Mother—After Bill feels better
acquainted with you, he will be
willing to talk, so let’s not pay any
attention to his silence in the
meantime.
Plot This
Mother—Say, "How do you do?”
to Mrs. Smith, son ... Go on and
say it like a good boy. ... I don’t
see why Bill never will talk when
I want him to!
CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
HORIZONTAL
I Female ruff
4 While
6 Old English
silver coin
II One given to
a habit
13 To honor
15 Earth goddess
16 Member of
deer family
18 Goddess of
discord
19 Finish
21 Lawn tool
22 Japanese
marine mea
sure
23 Wasmng In
clear water
26 Ostrich like
bird
29 Period of
time (pl.t
31 Dispatched
33 Bone
34 Roman
number
35 Chess pieces
38 To regret
39 Faroe Islands’
windstorm
40 Six
41 Cookie
43 Places
45 Snake
47 Thorough
fares
50 Mulberry
52 State
53 Mineral
spring
56 Female horse
58 Signs
60 Symbol for
ruthenium
61 Pay attention
63 Cause
65 Cessation of
motion (pi.)
66 State (abbr.)
67 Consume
VERTICAL
1 To rant
2 Paradise
3 Man’s
nickname
4 Fruit of oak
5 Porticoes
6 More inex
perienced
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7 Note of scale
8 Across
9 Eagle’s nest
10 Prefix: thrice
12 I am (contr.)
14 Plural ending
17 Indulges in a
winter sport
20 Arid
24 Doctrines
25 African
antelope
27 Subject to
argument
28 Employs
29 Opera star
JO Feminine
name
32 Examine
36 Abstract being
37 Countries
42 College
dance (slang)
44 Worm
46 Analyze
grammatically
48 Widemouthed
pitchers
49 Brought forth
51 Allows
54 Outrigger
canoe
55 Female rela
tive
56 1050 (Rom.
num.)
57 Atmosphere
59 Symbol for
samarium
62 French for
"and”
64 Compass point
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