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From: Wilmington, DE
Registered: Oct 2005

posted October 14, 2005 09:46 PM         

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What are they, and how does one do them?

Sorry for asking what has probably been asked 1000 times before

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From: The Boundless
Registered: Mar 2003

posted October 15, 2005 09:58 AM         

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MzMandi, welcome to Lindaland! I am from Pennsylvania, too.

Why don't you have a peek in our Lexigram forum for examples?

I'm deducing that you have not read Linda's book "Star Signs," which I would highly recommend.

Lexigrams are magic with words and letters. There are rules, which most of us follow. There are a few here at LL who do not believe in Linda's rules, though I am not one of them. I find the rules must be followed for true Lexigrams, but you can read through this information and decide for yourself.

If, after you've looked at the Lexi forum, you need more help, then let me know.

Good luck and enjoy your time here.

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From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat. fayte1954@hotmail.com
Registered: Mar 2005

posted October 25, 2005 09:17 AM         

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MzMandi
Check out the spiral game!!!!!!

For the current page: http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum8/HTML/001276-8.html

For the game rules: http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum8/HTML/001276.html

It is fun and we need more players!!!!!!

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There are a few here at LL who do not believe in Linda's rules

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yeah....I am one of those.
You have the letters..USE them.
Do NOT add or remove ANY letters from your word/name/whatever you are lexigramming. That is the logical way, not LG's. It is AFTER you get your words found(by any means you wish, they are only words until a lex is created, and it is foolish for anyone to think that their vocabulary is so perfect/extensive, that they do not require a dictionary or whatever)...it is only then that the magic of creating your Lexigram begins!
The Spiral Game I would not play by LG's rules, far too limiting.
ALL words in my lexigramming
are ALL found from the letters in the source phrases.
My reading of Star Signs, I took it as LG did not care how one got the words, as long as they came from the word/name whatever, to be lexigrammed. It was the Lexigram created that was of importance. My issue is with the adding of letters to force a lexigram to say something false. And the removal of letters under a false assumption that one could get most any word. The OED has like a million words! No way would one ever get close to "all the words"! Additionally Lexigrams can be done in ANY language, not just English!
And Linda made several errors in her Lexigrams. Some rather serious ones. I wonder why she did not fix them? To test us?
Or simple error?
Well anyhow...
Have fun!

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From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted October 25, 2005 08:42 PM         

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Welcome!

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