User:MBACrystalBall/Onamography

Concept: Onamography is a name-based puzzle concept invented by Sameer Kamat in India. It made its debut in the Herald Sun (Australia) during Christmas 2009.

Origins: Kamat coined the word Onamography as a conjunction of the Greek words onuma (name) and graphe (writing). Since its initial publication in a mainstream newspaper, it has become popular on various online forums on the internet [references to Wordsmith.org, Pagalguy.com, Facebook.com].

Onamography refers to the concept while the individual unit of output is termed as an Onnicle (short for Onamographic Article). Onnicles are regular sentences or paragraphs that encapsulate one or more proper names.

Rules:

There are 2 types of onnicles.

Simple Onnicles have all the characters of the original name in the same sequence and without superfluous letters in between (spaces are allowed). However, the first name and second name could be positioned independently.

Tricky Onnicles have many characters of the original name in the same sequence with several characters bunched together. The technique discourages the use of too many superfluous characters as it makes it the solving process tougher and less enjoyable.

Example:

Onnicle: Call it strange or generous, Malibu shall always be special.

OnniClue: You don't have to be interested in American politics to know him.

Answer: George Bush

[George --> stranGE OR GEnerous]

[Bush --> MaliBU SHall]

References to be added/formatted

Auspac Media (Syndication Agency): http://www.auspacmedia.com.au/viewfeature.php_id_1072

http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/awadmail406.html

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/chit-chat-your-interests/50696-strictly-for-creative-ones-onamography.html

http://wordsmith.org/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=190318