Comments on: Crossword puzzle http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle Language in a word Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:06:06 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: André Stryger http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle/comment-page-1#comment-8212 André Stryger Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:38:27 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=241#comment-8212 Norwegian officially replaced aa with å in 1917 and Danish did the same in 1948. Since then, aa is only retained in some surnames, and would use two crossword boxes. Norwegian officially replaced aa with å in 1917 and Danish did the same in 1948. Since then, aa is only retained in some surnames, and would use two crossword boxes.

]]> By: gd http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle/comment-page-1#comment-8205 gd Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:07:12 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=241#comment-8205 Dutch ij normally occupies a single cell in crosswords. In fact, it is not uncommon for Dutch crosswords to merge ij with y, allowing 'hobby' to share one cell with 'dijk'. Also the solution would be published all-caps using Y for both Y and IJ. This helps in aligning text-based solutions. ____D HOBBY ____K Dutch ij normally occupies a single cell in crosswords. In fact, it is not uncommon for Dutch crosswords to merge ij with y, allowing ‘hobby’ to share one cell with ‘dijk’. Also the solution would be published all-caps using Y for both Y and IJ. This helps in aligning text-based solutions.
____D
HOBBY
____K

]]> By: Graham http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle/comment-page-1#comment-6889 Graham Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:25:56 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=241#comment-6889 I see from his blog on Tuesday 17 March 2009 (http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2009/03/going-up.html) that John Wells agrees with me - the Korean writing system is alphabetic. I see from his blog on Tuesday 17 March 2009 (http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2009/03/going-up.html) that John Wells agrees with me – the Korean writing system is alphabetic.

]]> By: Philip TAYLOR http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle/comment-page-1#comment-6871 Philip TAYLOR Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:28:33 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=241#comment-6871 Sorry, Warren now reports : "There is only Castilian. LaVanguardia has a Google-translated-to-Catalan site but I get only error messages from the crosswords." That will teach me to believe JSTOR ! Sorry, Warren now reports : “There is only Castilian.

LaVanguardia has a Google-translated-to-Catalan site but I get only error messages from the crosswords.”

That will teach me to believe JSTOR !

]]> By: Athel Cornish-Bowden http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle/comment-page-1#comment-6869 Athel Cornish-Bowden Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:33:16 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=241#comment-6869 You can find crosswords in Catalan at http://crucigramaexpres.cat/crucigrames/ I haven't found any with words in l.l (at least, not words that I'm sure have l.l), but quite a few with words in ll, such as "nivell", and such words always have the LL in two boxes. See for example http://crucigramaexpres.cat/crucigrames/simbolic12x13solucio.html (My guess is that the contents of this URL change, so it may be different after today.) You can find crosswords in Catalan at http://crucigramaexpres.cat/crucigrames/

I haven’t found any with words in l.l (at least, not words that I’m sure have l.l), but quite a few with words in ll, such as “nivell”, and such words always have the LL in two boxes. See for example http://crucigramaexpres.cat/crucigrames/simbolic12×13solucio.html

(My guess is that the contents of this URL change, so it may be different after today.)

]]> By: Philip TAYLOR http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle/comment-page-1#comment-6868 Philip TAYLOR Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:46:33 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=241#comment-6868 Oops : OK, I've asked Warren (my Catalan-speaking friend) to check ... Oops : OK, I’ve asked Warren (my Catalan-speaking friend) to check …

]]> By: Graham http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle/comment-page-1#comment-6861 Graham Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:51:39 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=241#comment-6861 Unfortunately, that page only seems to have a Castilian crossword - unless I'm missing something. Unfortunately, that page only seems to have a Castilian crossword – unless I’m missing something.

]]> By: Philip TAYLOR http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle/comment-page-1#comment-6851 Philip TAYLOR Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:53:30 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=241#comment-6851 A Catalan-speaking friend has helped me to track down the on-line Catalan crucigrama. at http://pasatiempos.lavanguardia.es/juego-crucigramas.asp A Catalan-speaking friend has helped me to track down the on-line Catalan crucigrama. at http://pasatiempos.lavanguardia.es/juego-crucigramas.asp

]]> By: Philip TAYLOR http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle/comment-page-1#comment-6849 Philip TAYLOR Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:17:06 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=241#comment-6849 It may be possible to find out online. According to JSTOR, "La Vanguardia is one of the first online papers to feature an interactive crossword puzzle, in both Spanish and Catalan." La Vanguardia is at http://www.lavanguardia.es/ It may be possible to find out online. According to JSTOR, “La Vanguardia is one of the first online papers to feature an interactive crossword puzzle, in both Spanish and Catalan.”

La Vanguardia is at http://www.lavanguardia.es/

]]> By: Nigel Greenwood http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/crossword-puzzle/comment-page-1#comment-6824 Nigel Greenwood Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:39:45 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=241#comment-6824 And now for a really abstruse question ... Do Catalan crosswords distinguish between LL and L.L? And now for a really abstruse question … Do Catalan crosswords distinguish between LL and L.L?

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