To those of you who took the pleasure or pain to read the title of my article, you may be wondering...??!!!
What is an anagram????????!!!!!
The Dictionary defines it as a word or sentence made by rearranging the letters in another word or sentence. The word anagram is derived from the Greek word Anagammatizien, which means "transpose letters". Someone who creates an anagram is called an anagrammist. The original word or phrase is known as the subject of the anagram.
There are a set of rules that make a good anagram. To begin with one must choose a word, phrase or sentence. Then rearrange the letters to form a new word or phrase or sentence. No letter should be duplicated and no extra letter should be added and no letter should be discarded. One can use the punctuation marks in between. The new word or phrase or sentence should have some bearing on the original word, phrase or sentence. If it yields a result, which has a contradicting bearing, then it is called an antigram.
The following will give a list of the best anagrams so produced:
REVOLUTION TO LOVE RUIN
OLD ENGLAND GOLDEN LAND
TELEGRAPH GREAT HELP
STOP THE WAR A STEP WORTH
THE EYES THEY SEE
DEBIT CARD BAD CREDIT
ACHIEVEMENTS NICE, SAVE THEM
DORMITORY DIRTY ROOM
DESPERATION A ROPE ENDS IT
VACATION TIMES I AM NOT AS ACTIVE
SNOOZE ALARMS ALAS! NO MORE Z's
I HATE SCHOOL OH SO ETHICAL
A TELESCOPE TO SEE PLACE
ELVIS LIVES
DECIMAL POINT I'M DOT IN PLACE
SCHOOL MASTER THE CLASSY ROOM
MOTHER-IN-LAW WOMAN HITLER
Mother-in-laws reading this article may consider the last one as Antigram. Coming to Antigram, the following are some of the best:
VIOLENCE NICE LOVE
FILLED ILL FED
MISFORTUNE ITS MORE FUN
FUNERAL REAL FUN
ENORMITY MORE TINY
EVANGELLIST EVIL'S AGENT
MILITARISM I LIMIT ARMS
Anagrams are also considered to reflect something of a person's virtue or destiny, but it could be purely coincidental. The following examples do strengthen the belief that anagrams have some mystic appeal hidden beneath them:
MOTHER TERESA HER TEARS TO ME
TAGORE O! GREAT
PRINCESS DIANA END IS A CAR SPIN
SONIA GANDHI GOSH!! A INDIAN?
INDIRA GANDHI HI! GRAND INDIA!!
ELVIS LIVES
CLINT EASTWOOD OLD WEST ACTION
ALEC GUINNESS GENUINE CLASS
GEORGE BUSH HE BUGS GORE
JAY LENO ENJOY L.A.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I'LL MAKE A WISE PHRASE
JOHN MAYER ENJOY HARM
There are even puns and riddles based on Anagrams. The following example will illustrate that:
- The word STIFLE is an anagram of ITSELF.
- Eleven plus twelve = twelve plus one
And how can one forget to have a laugh. Of course Anagrams are collectively used in jokes also:
GARBAGE MAN BAG MANAGER
A DOMESTICATED ANIMAL DOCILE AS A MAN TAMED IT!
CLOTHES PIN SO LETS PINCH
MARRIAGE A GRIM ERA
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE
ARE FREE NAIL BITING REFRESHES THE FEET
(Who says nail biting is going to cost you!!!)
And if you still want to hear with more jargon,
PENTIUM PROCESSOR COMPUTERISES PORN
COMPUTER SCIENCE USE CRIME CONCEPT
THE MICROSOFT CORPORATION HORROR OF COMPETITION ACT
BOEING BIG ONE!!
TLEVISION EVIL ON SIGHT!
The U.S. actor by the name Jason Scott Woodruff is thoroughly convinced that anagrams decide your destiny. The anagram of his name is: "Just acts for food now!"
Its easy to find anagrams of your name! There is a website called anagramgenius.com. One can download the Anagram genius software, which, by using techniques of Artificial Intelligence, generates all phrases that make sense. The best way to form anagrams manually is by using the alphabets in the game of scrabble. I am sure the reader will have fun in coining his/her anagram (you can also send to the website given above and enter the Hall of Frame). But watch out!!!! It can sidetrack you from all other activities!!!!
