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EDGEWAYS Compiled by David Sutton (Puzzle solutions on inside back cover) Author! Author! I have been reading Krakatoa! by Simon Winchester, a fascinating account of the best-known volcanic eruption of historic times (though actually only the fifth largest), that took place in 1883 when the Indonesian island of Krakatoa was destroyed. It is full of local colour and cultural background, and in addition to terms from vulcanology contains many words particularly associated with that exotic part of the world: alang, lalang a coarse grass of the Malay peninsula arak, arrack a strong alcoholic drink made in Asian countries from toddy, or the fermented juice of the coco and other palms atap, attap a kind of palm tree, aka NIPA barbet a tropical bird bergamot a citrus tree, bearing fruit similar to an orange, from the rind of which a fragrant essence is prepared bulbul a tropical bird, famous for its song caldera a large crater formed by the collapse of the central part of a volcano after eruption campong, kampong a Malay village cattie, catty, kati, katti a unit of measure used in SE Asia dengue a tropical fever fumarole, fumerole a hole emitting gases in a volcano or volcanic region 24 Simon Winchester barbet fumarole gamelan an orchestra of SE Asia consisting of percussion, wind instruments and stringed geneva a spirit distilled from grain and flavoured with juniper berries godown a Malayan warehouse jaggery, jaggary, jagra, jagger, jagghery a coarse dark sugar made from palm sap lahar a mudflow composed chiefly of pyroclastic material on the flanks of a volcano maund a measure of weight in Asia; also an obsolete verb meaning to beg neroli a fragrant oil distilled from orange flowers picul, pikul a unit of weight used in China and SE Asia, equal to about 100 CATTIES prahu, prau, proa, prao a Malay sailing boat quintal an old unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms rutter a book of sailing directions sambal any of various foods served with curries in Malaysia and Indonesia, e.g. peppers, pickles, salt fish, coconut, etc. solfatara a volcanic vent emitting only gases tamarind a large tropical tree, or its fruit tephra ash and debris ejected by a volcano touraco, turaco, turacou any of various brightlycoloured tropical birds touraco physeter The Five-Minute Anagram Challenge Below are four sets of anagrams, presented in ascending order of difficulty. Each anagram has a unique solution. It is suggested that full marks in set A corresponds to a ABSP rating of around 125; in set B to 150; in set C to 175; and in set D to 200, though of course people differ in their vocabularies and anagramming skills so any such categorisation can only be loose and intuitive. Give yourself five minutes for the chosen set. Of course, by all means try the harder sets, but donít be discouraged if the going gets tough! The observant will note that as a slight twist all the words in this challenge contain the letter J. A. AGJO IJOST ADIJNO AEGJLNR AEGJLTS BEJO GIJNO EIJNNO CEEIJOR EIJNPRU B. EIJMO AIJORS AEIJLNW AEJMRST IJLNOQSU AAJRT AEFIJO ADEEJIT ACEHIJKR CJNOORRU C. AJLOU ABEJNT AEIJNRS AEEJNRST AEEJOPRT AAGJN AIJMOR ACEJNOT AEIJORST AEIJLOSU D. ABEIJNS AAAACJRR ABDJMOOR BEEIJORT AGHIJNRT AAEJOPR AEGHIJR ABEHJORS ACEJNNOO AAEJMNRY 25
Watch Your Language: 9. Chinese Continuing our series in which we take a look at some of the more exotic languages that have contributed to the Scrabble playerís lexicon. Those wishing to pursue a particular language more fully might care to look at the Words page on the ABSP web site. Here is a selection of shorter words that have come to us from Chinese; words that have come in new with Collins are marked with a +. amban a Chinese resident official in a dependency bohea an inferior kind of black tea. [From the Wu-i hills in China] catsup, catchup, ketchup a yukky red stuff used for spoiling the taste of food. [Cantonese k'e chap, tomato juice] cheongsam an oriental dress with a slit skirt and a mandarin collar; from Chinese, literally, long gown chiao a Chinese monetary unit, one tenth of a YUAN. No -S! (But the Korean equivalent JIAO does take an ñS) cochin a large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China congo, congou a kind of black Chinese tea cheongsam cumquat, kumquat a kind of fruit cumshaw (in Orient) a present, gratuity; a bribe fum fung a fabulous Chinese bird garoupa+ the grouper fish, as used in Chinese cuisine genseng, ginseng a plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese guanxi+ a Chinese social concept based on the exchange of favours hoisin+ a sweet spicy reddish-brown sauce, made from soy beans cochin honan a PONGEE fabric of even color made originally by silkworms from Honan province, China hyson a fine sort of green tea joss a Chinese figure of a god, an idol kang a Chinese sleeping platform kaoliang sorghum grain of several varieties; an alcoholic drink made from it. [Chinese 'tall grain'] kaolin, kaoline a very pure white clay used to form the paste of porcelain, aka China clay kotow, kowtow the prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground kylin a fabulous animal figured in the decoration of Chinese pottery kotow 26 langshan a small black Chinese hen. [From a place near Shanghai] laogai+ a Chinese forced labour camp leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi, lychee a Chinese fruit lapsang a variety of SOUCHONG tea with a smoky flavour li a Chinese unit of distance liang a Chinese weight: 37.24 grams likin formerly, a Chinese transit duty lomein a Chinese dish of noodles, meat and vegetables loquat a Chinese and Japanese tree or its small, yellow, edible fruit longan, lungan a pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian tree. [Chinese lung-yen, dragon's eye] mahjong, mahjongg an old Chinese table game mee+ noodles or a dish containing noodles menshen+ a Chinese door god. No -S moutan the Chinese tree peony, a shrub with large flowers of various colors nankin, nankeen a durable buff-coloured cotton. [From Nanking in China] oolong, oulong a kind of tea. [Chinese wu-lung, black dragon] packfong, pakfong, paktong, pakthong+ a Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver pakapoo a Chinese version of lotto peke a breed of small dog. [From Peking] pekin a fine soft silk. [From Peking] pekoe a kind of tea. [Chinese pek-ho, white down] pela white wax from a scale insect. [Chinese peh-la, white wax] petsai Chinese cabbage petuntse, petuntze a feldspathic rock used in making Chinese porcelain pinyin a system for romanizing Chinese ideograms pongee a thin, soft silk from China, naturally coloured beige or tan putonghua+ the Chinese language, standard Mandarin qi chi the physical life-force postulated by certain Chinese philosophers qigong a system of Chinese meditational exercises qinghaosu a crystalline compound obtained from artemisia renminbi a Chinese coin saimin a Hawaiian noodle soup. [Chinese sai minh, fine noodles] samfoo, samfu an outfit worn by Chinese women 27 kylin mahjong menshen samfoo
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