by Allen G. Gramm copyright (c) CFS/TFR 1980-2008 (say "ram-oh-grams")
DO YOU HAVE THE KIND OF BRAIN IT TAKES TO SOLVE THESE STRANGE, UNSPEAKABLE WORDS? If you find that you have a knack for developing ways to figure out these words, GRAMM ASSOCIATES will list you for jobs that pay a starting salary no less than $100,000! If your Right brain has NOT been damaged by too much education, your potential for an exciting and rewarding position will be unlimited! A RaMOGRAM is a special version of the ALGOGRAM, a copyrighted learning device described by its Founder as a "Right-brain" evaluator - a Brain Modality tool MORE powerful than the Encephalograph (i.e. a Brainwave machine)! -- AGG
TODAY'S W O R D F I X will include a number of RaMOGRAMStm. Try one each day or solve them all. Answers will appear when the next group is presented, probably on a weekly basis if there is sufficient interest!
RaMOgrams cannot be spoken which means the Right brain manipulates them without interference from your Left Brain!
Creating an RaMOGRAMtm is done by removing or "factoring out" the repeating letters, as "a" in the word "data", the remaining non-repeating letters are placed inside a parenthesis, as in A(DT). The RaMOGRAM for MISSISSIPPI is ISP(M) The repeated letters are factored out in the order that they appear going from left to right. CLUE #1: the first letter in the WORD is either the first letter in the Derivative (the letters outside the parenthesis) or the first letter in the BASE (letters inside the parenthesis). HAVE FUN! If you do not "get this", worry not! It probably means that you are an LMO (i.e. the Right-side of your Brain is asleep or dead!)
See several examples below:
o(bld)= blood res(pu)= l(pi)= cont(erai)= concentration
cat(hri)= e(xrcis)= c(alori)= omis(cn)=
o(fd)= lo(ach)= hea(dc)= headache des(ar)=
i(vson)= pe(rtual)= il(wng)= a(dtbse)=
ih(wtolng)= tai(rdonl)= st(drbuon)= te(insa)=
INTERNATIONAL RULES REQUIRE USE OF CAPS: (examples below)
ATI(UDNAL)= I(NSPD)= MAT(IN)= INCA(PTE)=
AIN(MTED)= A(PHRMCL)= MED(LSO)= ET(ABD)=
ROE(PFA)= AOIN(BMT)= CA(MEHNIL)= TE(H)=
Obviously, most of these R'grams are easy. But they will become more challenging. Better yet, if you discover what you believe is a NEW Super RaMOgram, please send it to me. If it is not in our RaMOGRAM Dictionary, you will qualify as an Official WORD Prospector. Your name will be listed as the Founder of that RaMOgram! (Super RaMOgrams are those with four or more repeating letters. They are the REAL BRAINBUSTERS!) This system can be used with any language as long as the words have repeating letters/fonts! CAUTION:- PLAYING GAMES WITH THESE WORDS CAN LEAD TO CONFLICTS! I have a number of entertaining puzzles such as INNER SANCTUM and ALGOGRAM CHAINGames -- games that not only entertain but improve your Literacy and thinking in the abstract world!
RaMOGRAMS can only be solved by involving the Right-lobe of your Brain! It will wake up the other half of your brain, too! Before you go to work each day, check BEJO for your Daily W O R D F I X! You can create RaMOGRAMS yourself using the local newspaper or magazine.
Oh, yes, to you bright guys who challenge everything, if you find two different words that have the same RaMOgram, send it to us at csfranklyn@hotmail.com
At the moment, only two duplicates (i.e. two words that have the same identical ALGOGRAM/RAMOGRAM) have been discovered out of 400,000+ English words! Your name will go down in the International ALGOGRAM Dictionary and you could win the raffle for the International A'GRAM Competition scheduled to meet in London on October 2012 AD! The RaMOGRAM is a version of the ALGOGRAM, created specifically for the BALD EAGLE JOURNAL ONLINE.
Words that have NO repeating letters produce what are called Nalgograms!
ENJOY!!
de AL