{"id":548,"date":"2006-07-28T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=548"},"modified":"2006-07-28T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-28T16:41:00","slug":"more-word-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=548","title":{"rendered":"More word limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, I wrote a post about qwerds, words that can be typed using one hand (assuming standard keyboard hand positions).<\/p>\n<p>Lately, thanks to Ro, I&#8217;ve been concerned with words that can be formed using a given set of letters.  Which is really just Scrabble, with fewer limitations.  Namely, what letters Ro has available in is Enormous Alphabet Library.<\/p>\n<p>He has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> A mostly complete set of magnetic plastic letters that fit into this device that sticks to the fridge; When you put a letter into the device, it says the letter and what sound it makes.  Then it plays an annoying electronic version of the ABC song. <\/li>\n<li> A couple sets of those standard plastic letters with the little magnets in them that everybody has probably seen at some point.<\/li>\n<li> A set of wooden letters with magnetic paint on the back<sup>1<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li> A set just like above, but without the magnetic paint.<\/li>\n<li> Wood blocks with letters on them.<sup>2<\/sup> <\/li>\n<li> Small foam puzzle pieces with letter printed on them, along with Sesame Street characters.<\/li>\n<li> Larger foam puzzle pieces with the letters cut out as separate pieces. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve spent some time trying to figure out how to spell ELECTRICROCKET using as few different types of letters as possible.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been helping Ro learn to spell words using his collection, but until the innovation of the magnadoodle, we&#8217;ve been restricted to only certain words.  However, the Magnadoodle allows us to make imprints using the wooden letters with magnetic paint, so we can spell anything.  ANYTHING.<\/p>\n<p>Well, anything that will fit on the Magnadoodle.  And since Ro isn&#8217;t hung up on getting the letters in the proper order, or even in a line, we&#8217;re usually okay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<br \/>\nThis evening, Ro and I are headed off to the Lucas Family Reunion in Tennessee, where we will relax in a mountain lodge with 8 members of my father&#8217;s generation, 10 or 11 of my generation, and 7 of Ro&#8217;s generation.  <lj user=steakums> will be stuck in town, rabble-rousing with <lj user=travellight> and <lj user=nikblair>.<\/p>\n<p>This is my second trip flying solo with Ro on a multi-hour trip.  It went so well last time, I guess I&#8217;m getting cocky.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n<font size=\"-2\"><sup>1<\/sup> Did you know you can buy magnetic paint, and basically paint the equivalent of a refridgerator door anywhere you want?  Amazing.  I really feel there&#8217;s something very cool that can be done with that.  Maybe just a good prank.<\/p>\n<p><sup>2<\/sup> Bought, inexplicably, from the U.S. Treasury website.  I tried to find the link just now and couldn&#8217;t.  But at the time, the U.S. Treasury was the only place I could find them.  Weird.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, I wrote a post about qwerds, words that can be typed using one hand (assuming standard keyboard hand positions). 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