Keep the Anagrams coming! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lostgaeriel · 05-29-2002, 08:15 PM

Thanks for the advice, Legalos! But you might as well tell us to NOT play anagrams, because those rules make it pretty much impossible to make Middle-earth anagrams. (I notice you are not an anagram player on the Downs.)

An anagram is a word or phrase made by changing the order of letters in another word or phrase.

Yes, the best anagrams are elegant. There is a connecting idea between the anagram and its solution. One of the best examples is:

PRESBYTERIAN - BEST IN PRAYER

But to expect to make an anagram with the same number of words, and further with the same number of letters per word, as the solution is unreasonable. It is in fact, impossible! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

As for one anagram at a time, where's the fun in that? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

It sometimes takes some time to solve these things. There are unsolved anagrams in the Quiz Room dating back more than a year. (And they always look easy to the creator.) [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

05-29-2002, 08:15 PM	#1
Lostgaeriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto the Good Posts: 477	Thanks for the advice, Legalos! But you might as well tell us to NOT play anagrams, because those rules make it pretty much impossible to make Middle-earth anagrams. (I notice you are not an anagram player on the Downs.) An anagram is a word or phrase made by changing the order of letters in another word or phrase. Yes, the best anagrams are elegant. There is a connecting idea between the anagram and its solution. One of the best examples is: PRESBYTERIAN - BEST IN PRAYER But to expect to make an anagram with the same number of words, and further with the same number of letters per word, as the solution is unreasonable. It is in fact, impossible! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] As for one anagram at a time, where's the fun in that? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] It sometimes takes some time to solve these things. There are unsolved anagrams in the Quiz Room dating back more than a year. (And they always look easy to the creator.) [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.