Tuesday, August 29, 2006
anagrams.. you know what they are.. they are a type of word play (Greek ana- = "back" or "again", and graphein = "to write"), the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce other words, using all the original letters exactly once. the "aim of the game" is to discover a result that has a meaning on the original that is humourous or maybe ironic.
an example? The Morse code = Here come dots, or Celine Dion = No, I decline (omg! lol). or a more sophisticated one, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow ~ Worrisome However Beneath". beautiful.
anyway, the romans and greeks worshipped them, often using anagrams as divine messages and truth. they studied them and thought they held mystical properties. It is therefore upsetting and terribly unclimatic to learn that the anagram of my name spells Icemen Idol or (gasp!) Demonic Lie.. my twin.. (omg!)Bed Lice Teen.. haha. at least thats funny.
Posted by Dominic at 8:30 PM