A Deluxe Diagonal Latin Square
by Ulfheðnar ber Sarkur
Latin squares are a relatively common puzzle form consisting of an n×n grid in which every row and column contains each of n symbols exactly once.
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For this puzzle, we have an 11×11 grid and the letters G, H, L, M, N, O, P, R, T, U, and Y. In addition, both main diagonals of this puzzle contain each letter exactly once, the grey shaded areas together contain the letters in MORPHOPHONOLOGY, the blue shaded areas each contain a five-letter word (one is GROUP, the other is TOUGH), the red shaded areas each contain a four-letter word (PUNY and UGLY), and the green shaded areas each contain a three-letter word (HUM, OUT, RUT, and TRY).
Complete the puzzle and send your solutions to the editors of SpecGram by January 15th, 2018, and you could win some SpecGram merch. The correct solution and winners, if any, will be announced in the next issue of Speculative Grammarian.
The solution to last December’s “Logic of Teaching Linguistics” puzzle is provided below.
- ELIZA teaches phonology; her least favorite student is Ooòoóooōoȍ; her favorite student is Holger, who has trouble pronouncing ǁ and whose favorite part of speech is postpositions.
- Fryggyn’ teaches xenoling; her least favorite student is Holger; her favorite student is Ooòoóooōoȍ, who has trouble pronouncing ɴ̥ and whose favorite part of speech is adverbs.
- HAL teaches phonetics; his least favorite student is Zoë-Chloë; his favorite student is ʘ̥̊ᴲβʁᴂŋ, who has trouble pronouncing ʛ and whose favorite part of speech is prepositions.
- Slagathor teaches morphology; her least favorite student is ʘ̥̊ᴲβʁᴂŋ; her favorite student is 01011000, who has trouble pronouncing n and whose favorite part of speech is ideophones.
- Θωθ teaches syntax; his least favorite student is Waaaããã; his favorite student is Zoë-Chloë, who has trouble pronouncing s’ and whose favorite part of speech is pronouns.
- 与乙凡十巨尺 teaches compling; his least favorite student is 01011000; his favorite student is Waaaããã, who has trouble pronouncing ʁ and whose favorite part of speech is nouns.
Each of the puzzlemeisters below will receive some moderately desirable SpecGram merch:
Vincent Fish •
Declan Whitford Jones •
Daniel Swanson •
Joey Whitford
