Re: Tale of Genji - hidden word games

From: aesthete8 (aesthete8_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: 29 Aug 2004 18:22:10 -0700

Or what about a word game like the following?:

- The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a
letter is "uncopyrightable"!

Couldn't she have made up rules to include words where the kana could
not be repeated within the word?

Or other word games of a similar nature?

aesthete8@hotmail.com (aesthete8) wrote in message news:<e615dbbc.0408271803.67754f32@posting.google.com>...
> Or could they have included word games like palindromes?:
>
> http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/strange/081103_strange.html#pal
>
> aesthete8@hotmail.com (aesthete8) wrote in message news:<e615dbbc.0408251723.3c641a06@posting.google.com>...
> > If you know what ukiyo-e's BENI-GIRAI means, is there a possibility
> > that Murasaki S. could have included things like that in her novel?
> >
> > For instance, is it possible that she could have written the 1st
> > chapter by never using a certain common word, and then wrote the next
> > chapter leaving out another common word, etc.?
> >
> > The following is an example of what I mean by a hidden word game:
> >
> > http://www.parade.com/current/columns/askmarilyn.html