Jeff asked:
"What is the only meteorite name to use all the vowels, including y
(a-e-i-o-u-y), where each vowel is used only once?"
May I partcipate in the bonus question (and what's the prize?)
My entry is (valid entry under the honor system):
Sierra County
Kindest wishes
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Grossman <jngross...@gmail.com>
To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Fri, Oct 21, 2011 11:46 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "2011" Meteorite Challenge Update
Bonus questions:
What is the only meteorite name to use all the vowels, including y
(a-e-i-o-u-y), where each vowel is used only once?
There are 8 meteorite names (that I can find) for which all of the
letters in the name occur in alphabetical order. The longest has 6
letters. What is it?
What are the three meteorite names that are palindromes.
Jeff
On 10/21/2011 11:20 AM, MexicoDoug wrote:
Dear List Anagrammatists,
There are perfect anagram meteorite pairings out there! Some real
good ones!
Though a perfect anagram where the letters of one are rearranged
exactly into the letters of another withough leaving out any letters
on either, is not necessarily a winner according to the rules, since
imperfect anagram pairings are allowed too, though the perfect
anagram
likely will score higher and win anyway!
One very kind list member who is quite expert in anagrams has sent me
an informational email (but kindly respected the honor system rule
and not entered) to prove this fact.
So the last rule is modified,
"If there is no clear winning entry, the winner will be the entrant
who can say METEORITIC ANAGRAMMATIST ten times in the shortest
interval of
time."
...no longer is necessary;
and replaced by:
If no one figures out a qualifying winning entry otherwise, the
winning entry will be considered the cleverist rearrangement of all
letters of a meteorite name with none left over and none additional,
into a word or a phrase. Any language is permissable if any
listmember can speak it fluidly, even if the entrant can't.
This is how Galileo first communicated his discovery of Saturn with
its rings (which he thought were three zones of light). He used
Latin. There are listmembers with acceptable fluidity in Latin, so
that's an option, too.
The contest is over on Sunday night 11:59 PM (23:50) PDT (Los Angeles
time), 23 October 2011
Kindest wishes
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: MexicoDoug <mexicod...@aim.com>
To: Meteorite-list <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Fri, Oct 21, 2011 4:13 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] "2011" Meteorite Challenge
Dear List:
"2011" Meteorite Challenge
For all those who would like to try their hand at hunting for
meteorites but can't get out into the field, you're invited to try a
virtual meteorite hunt in the strewn field of all meteorite names.
The
prize is a token chip off Vesta - Tatahouine, of course, that
beautiful
witnessed fall which is truly unique among meteorites and the rarest
of
all (more on this later, but now for the hunt...), not expecting it to
be more than a gram; though it will be either sent to the winner or
some other friend or budding collector as directed by the champ. Plus
the champ receives a conjectured priceless signed certificate naming
you the champion:
"METEORITIC ANAGRAMMATIST"
An anagram is simply a rearrangement of the letters of one word to
form
another word. So, the idea is to hunt for a meteorite and its anagram
pairing. For example, with numbers, today is: 10/21 (or 21/10 as you
please). Rearranging the numbers we get 2011 in the spirit of
Galileo,
who was a very accomplished anagrammist.
I haven't thought of a meteorite name that is a perfect anagram, nor
have I tried ... but, here's an idea:
Allende / Yelland
If only it were Eelland they would be a perfect meteorite anagram
pairing. In Spanish, Y and E are interchangeable in a certain
instance
;-)
The objective of the contest is simple - get the biggest anagram you
can find. Finding one meteorite name in mixed up inside another is
ok,
even though all the letters of only one are paired to the other. Rule
of common sense, but in case of difficulty with that:
For a satisfactory effort, here are a few rules:
HONOR SYSTEM - NO USE OF ANAGRAM COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND DOWNLOADING
DATA
FOR THAT PURPOSE THOUGH A SPREADSHEET IS FINE. I don't know if any
cheat programs exist, but I imagine they do.
(1) Minimum of 4 letters
(2) Numbers are not included, but their letters can be used. For
example ABCDE ### can be used as simply ABCDE.
(3) Reuse of complete words or components of compound words do not
count. For example, Northeast Africa and Northwest Africa have no
value, nor would "meteor" and "meteorite" if they were valid, have any
value.
(4) The value of the meteorite anagram is simply the number of reused
letters unless it is a perfect anagram (see (6).
(5) Partial anagrams can be used where only a subset of the letters in
one meteorite's name is used to form another complete meteorite name.
For example, Boaz (NM) is a partial from Bou Azarif (Morocco). The
score would be the same for Boaz and Zaborzika (Ukraine).
(6) If all letters are used, the score is tripled. For example, the
value of (5) above is only 4. But, if there were a meteorite Zoab to
pair with Boaz, the value would be 12.
(7) The official dictionary is the Met Soc Online database, only
official meteorites are permitted.
(8)"Dry Lake", "Mountain", geographical words common to more than one
distinct locality may be dropped or used at the option of the
anagrammatist. But using entire words or compound word components
will
not increase value.
(9) Lame examples not contemplated by the rules may be disqualified at
the sole opinion of the sponsor of this (me).
(10) In the case of a tie value, perfect anagrams trump first, if
neither is perfect, then the submission that shuffles letters more
wins.
If there is no clear winning entry, the winner will be the entrant who
can say METEORITIC ANAGRAMMATIST ten times in the shortest interval of
time.
GOOD LUCK anyone who would like to have fun with this!
Kindest wishes
Doug
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