A Psychosis of the “Framework Psychosis” Framework—Jonathan van der Meer SpecGram Vol CLXVIII, No 3 Contents

EtymGeo™—Weird Little U.S. Towns, Part III

by The SpecGram Puzzle Elves™

Below are clues to the names of a number of cities. The name of each city is a homograph of an English word. The clues provided are vaguely etymological, and probably not sufficiently helpful. All your knowledge of geography will probably not be enough to provide any assistance. Our puzzles are hard. Life is hard. Get over it.

These towns, as with the previous bunches, are all purportedly in the United States, though that may not be true. If true, you still probably haven’t heard of any of them, unless you grew up in one of them, in which case you have our sympathies.

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S O N O R A N T
T R I G L O S S I A
P H A R Y N G E A L
D E S C R I P T I V I S M
A U T O S E G M E N T A L
B A C K R O N Y M L E N I S
V E R N A C U L A R I Z A T I O N
U G • H Y P E R C O R R E C T I O N
S L A N G R E G R E S S I V E A S S I M I L A T I O N
U T T E R U N D E R L Y I N G R E P R E S E N T A T I O N
I N T E R A C T I O N A L S O C I O L I N G U I S T I C S
I N T E R N A T I O N A L P H O N E T I C A L P H A B E T
N O N C O N V E R S A T I O N A L I M P L I C A T U R E
C O M P L E M E N T A R Y D I S T R I B U T I O N
M O R P H O S Y N T A X L I N G O
P R O S O D I C C H A I N
A R G O T R O O T
M O R A B U R R
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C A S E
???, Louisiana
via Anglo-French, from Old French, from Latin, meaning “assembly”, from a verb meaning “come together”
???, Maine
from an Old English compound with parts meaning “rudder” and “ship’s side”
???, Maryland
from Old French, “an occurrence”, going back to Latin “to + fall”
???, Massachusetts
from Old English “goods for sale”, from Proto-Germanic, and related to an Old English word for “cautious”
???, Michigan
via Old French, Latin, and Greek, from a Iranian Avestan source for “enclosure”, going back to an earlier PIE root *dheigh- “to build”
???, Minnesota
from the name of a Biblical hunter, possibly subverted by Bugs Bunny (Gavagai!)
???, Mississippi
via Modern Latin, from a Late Latin adjective meaning “health-giving”
???, Missouri
via Middle French, from a Latin word for “adherence” from another Latin word for “true”

There are no prizes this month—the Puzzle Elves™ have decided that while “Etymology is Fun”®, it turns out that “EtymGeo™ is Too Easy”®. The solution will appear in the upcoming December issue.

On the other hand, αvαnt-Gαrde Move-αnαgrαms, particularly of the Gαvαgαi! variety, are apparently too hard, as no one completed the puzzle. Though you don’t deserve it, the solution is provided above.

A Psychosis of the “Framework Psychosis” Framework—Jonathan van der Meer
SpecGram Vol CLXVIII, No 3 Contents