Pygmalion Word Search
This Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (1913) word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — characters, settings, and objects from the book. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Written by George Bernard Shaw · First published 1913 · Play.
Words to find: HIGGINS, DOOLITTLE, PICKERING, EYNSFORD, MRSPEARCE, ELIZABETH, COVENTGARDEN, LONDON, PHONETICS, ACCENT, SOCIALCLASS, TRANSFORMATION.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Pygmalion word list, defined
- PHONETICS /fəˈnɛtɪks/ · noun
- The branch of linguistics concerned with the physical production and perception of speech sounds, including how sounds are articulated and how they vary between speakers, languages, and contexts. Related: sound studies, speech-sound science, pronunciation science.
- ACCENT /ˈæksənt/ (noun), /ækˈsɛnt/ (verb) · noun, verb
- A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, associated with a particular country, region, or social group; also a emphasis or stress placed on a syllable or word. As a verb, to accent means to emphasize or give prominence to something. Related: pronunciation, stress, emphasis, inflection.
- TRANSFORMATION /ˌtrænsfəˈmeɪʃən/ · noun
- The process or result of changing from one form, state, appearance, or character into another. In specialized contexts, it may also denote an operation or mapping that produces such a change. Related: conversion, change, conversion, metamorphosis.
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