Dmitri A. Borgmann is an author best known for coining the word logology

Logology

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and for writing Language On Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities, published in 1965. This book led Ross Eckler and Trip Payne

Trip Payne

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 to join the National Puzzlers' League

National Puzzlers' League

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. Eckler dedicated his book Making the Alphabet Dance to Borgmann, calling him "the father of logology."

Borgmann founded Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics

Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics

Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics is a quarterly magazine on recreational linguistics and logology. It was established by Dmitri Borgmann in 1968. A. Ross Eckler, Jr. was editor until 2006 when he was succeeded by Jeremiah Farrell .- External links :*...

 in 1968 and was a member of MENSA

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.

He was born in Berlin

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 and fled to the United States

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 during the rise of Nazi Germany

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. He graduated from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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 and later worked as an actuarian. In 1962, Borgmann married Iris Sterling and had two sons, Mark and Keith.

Works

• Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities. Copyright 1965. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
• Beyond Language (Adventures in Word and Thought). Copyright 1967. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
• Curious Crosswords (edited and annotated by Borgmann). Copyright 1970. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons.