Walter Abish’s “Alphabetical Africa” plays a few different experimental games with the letters that make up our words, particularly to certain words associated African culture. If asked to play a few creative games with the letters that make up your own name, what would you come up with?
- Anagram game: Rearrange the letters of your name to create as many new words as possible. You can set a time limit and challenge yourself to find as many words as possible within that time.
- Word association game: Think of a word that starts with each letter of your name. For example, if your name is “John,” you could associate the letters with “Jazz,” “Olympics,” “Hiking,” and “Nature.”
- Name acronym game: Come up with a phrase or sentence that uses the letters of your name as the first letter of each word. For instance, if your name is “Maria,” you could use “Music, Art, Reading, Intelligence, Adventure.”
- Word substitution game: Replace each letter of your name with a different letter to create a new name. For example, “Sarah” could become “Tamil.”
These are just a few examples, but you can get as creative as you want and come up with your own unique games to play with the letters of your name.
- Anagram game: Rearrange the letters of your name to create as many new words as possible. You can set a time limit and challenge yourself to find as many words as possible within that time.
- Word association game: Think of a word that starts with each letter of your name. For example, if your name is “John,” you could associate the letters with “Jazz,” “Olympics,” “Hiking,” and “Nature.”
- Name acronym game: Come up with a phrase or sentence that uses the letters of your name as the first letter of each word. For instance, if your name is “Maria,” you could use “Music, Art, Reading, Intelligence, Adventure.”
- Word substitution game: Replace each letter of your name with a different letter to create a new name. For example, “Sarah” could become “Tamil.”
These are just a few examples, but you can get as creative as you want and come up with your own unique games to play with the letters of your name.