Guest  +  107735 Sat, 11 Jun 05 06:24 PM There's a word for this but I don't know what it is. It's when you put letters together and, when pronounced, have the same results as an actual word. For example: xtc = ecstasy xs = excess Some call this acrostics but I don't think that's correct. Acrostics is when you have letters at the beginning of a group of words or sentences that spell out something that pertains to those words or sentences. Like this: North East West South (the first letters in the words spell out "NEWS") So, anyone know what that word is? (note, this is not a riddle, I genuinely would like to know!) Thanks! Guest Riddles

	goldmund  +  107771 Sat, 11 Jun 05 11:53 PM Dear Guest I do not know this word. I look forward to learning it. Thank you for asking the question. Have a nice weekend. Goldmund goldmund Joined on Fri, Jun 10 2005 Regular Member 581 «Tout homme peut dire véritablement; mais dire ordonnément, prudemment et suffisamment, peu d'hommes le peuvent.» - Michel de Montaigne

	CalifJim  +  107818 Sun, 12 Jun 05 05:42 AM A woman was about to pay for a purchase in a department store. She opened her purse and found to her dismay that she had no money. Looking directly at the purse, she said, "O I C U R M T" And I don't know what it's called either! CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,399 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Mister Micawber  +  107908 Sun, 12 Jun 05 12:28 PM Logogram? Grammalogue? Phonogram? Oxford's got nothing on us-- we're ubiquitous! PS: ABCD goldfish? LMNO goldfish. OSMR goldfish-- C? Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,791 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	LanguageLover  +  107916 Sun, 12 Jun 05 01:08 PM I searched for it a lot too, all in vain! Unfortunately, it's none of the ones you mentioned Mister Micawber! The definition of a phonogram is: A letter or a set combination of letters that represents one or more single 'voiced' sounds in a given word. log·o·gram ( lô ' g?-gram ' , log ' ?- ) n. A written symbol representing an entire spoken word without expressing its pronunciation Gram"ma*logue (gr?m"m&adot;*l&obreve;g), n. [Gr. gra`mma letter + lo`gos word. Cf. Logogram.] (Phonography) Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. Pitman. LanguageLover Joined on Fri, Feb 25 2005 Contributing Member 1,507 The similarities among the languages are more than their differences! Pronunciation