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Weird Wizard Fact

1/8/2025

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I've met some wizards in my life. I'm sure you have, too. They are fountains of knowledge, perspective, and skills. Spending a few minutes in their presence provides insights that can change the course of your life. Danny Sylvester (the Jester) and Tom Frank have had that kind of impact on me in my twenties. They continue to inform my understanding of magic and the human condition.
"Wizard" derives, boringly enough, from the same root as "wise." Nothing to do with street wands or gibecieres.
However there is a fun fact about the word, that is, to my understanding, coincidental.  It is a numerical mirror of itself in the alphabet.
Consider that the letters A and Z are both one letter away from being away from either end of the aphabet. B and Y are both two letters away from the end. C and X are three letters away, etc.
The word "wizard" consists of two halves that mirror each other, under such a pattern. Specifically, "4 9 1 1 9 4."
"W"  and "D" are both four letters away from either ends of the alphabet. "I" and "R" are both nine letters away. "Z" and "A" are the end and beginning of the alphabet.
abc d efgh i jklmnopq r stuvwxy z
zyx w vuts r eponmlkj i hgfedcb a
wizard
draziw

Actually becoming a wizard might involve forgetting trivia like this and learning something useful
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