Subject: Anagrams
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sun Jan 20 2002 - 02:20:53 EST
"Anagrams"
When you have turned Pepsi-Cola into episcopal,
or cart-horse into orchestra, or even dishonest
into hedonists you have created an anagram - a
rearrangement of the letters in a word or phrase
to form another word or phrase. Anagrams are
said to have originated in the fourth century BC
with the Greek poet Lycophron, and they have
been popular in every period of history since then.
Anagrams become more interesting when they
relate in some way to the original word or phrase.
ALLEGORIES LIES GALORE
ALPHABETICALLY I PLAY ALL THE ABC
ANIMOSITY IS NO AMITY
ASTRONOMER MOON STARER
CONSIDERATE CARE IS NOTED
CONVERSATION VOICES RANT ON
CURTAILMENT TERMINAL CUT
DYNAMITE MAY END IT
DISCONSOLATE IS NOT SOLACED
ENDEARMENT TENDER NAME
LUBRICATION ACT, RUB OIL IN
MEASUREMENTS MAN USES METER
MISREPRESENTATION INTERPRET ONE AMISS
PARISHIONER I HIRE PARSON
PITTANCE A CENT TIP
PREDESTINATION I PERTAIN TO ENDS
PRESBYTERIAN BEST IN PRAYER
PUNISHMENT NINE THUMPS
REVOLUTION LOVE TO RUIN
SAINTLINESS LEAST IN SINS
SCHOOLMASTER THE CLASSROOM
SEPARATION ONE IS APART
SOFTHEARTEDNESS OFTEN SHEDS TEARS
STAGHOUNDS A HUNT'S DOGS
SUGGESTION IT EGGS US ON
TEMPESTUOUS SEEMS PUT OUT
TRAGEDIAN EGAD, I RANT
TRIBULATIONS IS BUT ON TRIAL
UNDIPLOMATIC MAD, UNPOLITIC
UNIFORMITY I FORM UNITY
UPHOLSTERERS RESTORE PLUSH
WAITRESS A STEW, SIR ?
Here are a few more, where a phrase is the
subject of the anagram:
THE ARISTOCRACY A RICH TORY CASTE
BATHING GIRLS IN SLIGHT GARB
THE BOARDING HOUSE THIS ABODE O'HUNGER
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
ACTUAL CRIME ISN'T EVINCED
THE COUNTRYSIDE NO CITY DUST HERE
FOOL'S PARADISE SO IDEAL FOR SAP
FRENCH REVOLUTION VIOLENCE RUN FORTH
HMS PINAFORE NAME FOR SHIP
INTEGRAL CALCULUS CALCULATING RULES
THE IRISH NATION OH, THAT IS IN ERIN
MIDWINTER WEATHER -WIND, RIME, WET EARTH
THE MONA LISA AH, NOT A SMILE
THE MORSE CODE HERE COME DOTS
THE NUDIST COLONY NO UNTIDY CLOTHES
POLICE PROTECTION -LET COP COPE IN RIOT
A SENTENCE OF DEATH -FACES ONE AT THE END
SILVER AND GOLD GRAND OLD EVILS
SLOT MACHINES CASH LOST IN 'EM
SUSPENDED ANIMATION -SUPINE MAN IS NOT DEAD
WESTERN UNION NO WIRE UNSENT
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