Dmitri Borgmann

Dmitri Alfred Borgmann (1927-1985) is an author probably best known for coining the word "Logology" and writing the 1965 logological book, Language On Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities. He also founded Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics in 1968. He was a member of MENSA and was of German-Ukrainian background. He has two sons, Mark and Keith.

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

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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

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