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Article: Colloquy.
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- Word Ways
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Jeremiah Farrell. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Karen and I were saddened at the loss of Rex Gooch. He was a staunch logologist and his varied efforts will certainly be missed. He was well known for his word squares but I think I was more in awe of him when he strayed into areas other than squares. Perhaps squares have now reached their limit using English words and maybe Rex would have turned his powerful machines on giant squares with phrases allowed--not just words. We shall never know.
Darryl Francis reports that Gooch's daughter wants to find a new home for Rex's complete set of Word Ways. (There now are only about ten sets available from the publisher.) Darryl would like to find a new U.K. owner and ...