Transposal¶
transposal · letter · validated
A pair of words using exactly the same letters in a different order, treated as a unit of composition rather than a puzzle.
Provenance¶
- Source: Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation (1965)
- Attribution:
reference— attested in a standard reference rather than traced to an origin - Checkability:
source— decidable against the source text it was made from - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en
- Requires:
tokens,fold_diacritics - Deterministic: yes
Prompt hint¶
Pair each word with another built from exactly its letters, reordered.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
source |
string | — |
The text this one was made from. |
Examples¶
word-for-word¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
silent tar
Parameters: source='listen rat'
Source: constructed example; the term is Borgmann's
one-word-wrong¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
silent cat
Parameters: source='listen rat'
Source: constructed counterexample