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phieferboy
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Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 18 Location: San Luis Obispo
[META] [SPEC] Anagrams I searched the forum, and was surprised to find only one mention of anagramming. With a name like Durga, for whom "guard" is not only an anagram but an apt description, it seems a worthy topic to at least consider the possibility that anagramming may give us some clues... As to what, I can't say. So consider the following:
(The) Pious Flea. This name seems so weird and random, it is a likely anagram candidate. What I have found so far:
PHASE OUT FILE
PHASE OUT LIFE (creepy)
HATES FOUL PIE (we can all relate, no?) =)
I don't know if there's anything to the anagram idea. But it's worth a spec or two.
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 1:26 pm
ABoxInABox
Decorated
Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 232 Location: The Future
Re: [META] [SPEC] Anagrams
phieferboy wrote:
HATES FOUL PIE (we can all relate, no?) =)
Do Fleas eat pie?
I think anagrams have been important in this in the past, no reason why they shouldn't now. I'll get my computer working on it.
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 1:35 pm
Phaedra
Lurker v2.0
Joined: 21 Sep 2004 Posts: 4033 Location: Here, obviously
Re: [META] [SPEC] Anagrams
phieferboy wrote:
(The) Pious Flea. This name seems so weird and random, it is a likely anagram candidate. What I have found so far:
PHASE OUT LIFE (creepy)
Well, if he really is 343 Guilty Spark, that makes perfect sense.
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With a name like Durga, for whom "guard" is not only an anagram but an apt description...
Hmm. Interesting point. I'd been focusing on the name "Durga" itself, which means "inaccessible" in Sanskrit. Quite aside from the mythology behind the name, I wonder if its literal meaning means we'll never get to directly communicate with Durga herself, unlike Melissa and the SP.
But it never occurred to me to anagram it.
Good work.
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:50 pm
hmrpita
Unfettered
Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 629 Location: East of the Ocean, West of the Bay, Close to many faults
It's funny, because every time I read, think, or hear about Durga, I think Guard. When I mentioned it to a fellow beekeeper, I was told it probably meant nothing, so I have kept it to myself since then.
Melissa: As Slime. Mass Lie. Sam Lies? Who is Sam and why is he embedded in Melissa's name? My favorite, though, is AIMLESS.
I have never used anagramming software, just my poor old brain, so you all will be far ahead of me.
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You will find what you desire.
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:06 pm
Kali
Decorated
Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 162
Anagrams can easily be found by going to
http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/
I know, it's cheating.
I've already put in "sleeping princess" just for fun. I found a few phrases I thought were interesting:
RECESSING NIPPLES, GENERIC PENS SLIPS, CREEPING SPINLESS, SCREENING ESP SLIP, PENCILERS PEGS SIN,
Creepiness is also a word that can be found (and seemed strangely familiar to me ), but it's not a complete anagram as you have SLPNGI left over. It probably means nothing.
Enter in Melissa and you get (list not all inclusive):
AIMLESS
SALES I'M
AM LESS I
SAM ISLE
AS LIMES
ASS MILE
ASS LIME
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:27 pm
ABoxInABox
Decorated
Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 232 Location: The Future
A yet undiscovered citrus fruit?
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:17 am
HitsHerMark
Unfictologist
Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 1521 Location: Austin, TX
Kali wrote:
RECESSING NIPPLES,
*looks around*
... Can you say that here?
Are we in trouble or something?
Maybe it's the fact that I've had ten days in a row of ten hours each at work... Or all the running around answering phones... Or the fact that my cat won't let me sleep when I'm not at work or answering phones... Or some combination thereof...
But I just can't stop giggeling.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:28 am
NMZ
Boot
Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 66 Location: Minnesota
hmrpita wrote:
Sam Lies? Who is Sam and why is he embedded in Melissa's name?
Probably coincidence, but Sam is the name of Jersey's mom's affair dude, right?
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:37 pm
Platonix
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Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 174 Location: Keene, New Hampshire
NMZ wrote:
hmrpita wrote:
Sam Lies? Who is Sam and why is he embedded in Melissa's name?
Probably coincidence, but Sam is the name of Jersey's mom's affair dude, right?
Nope, that's Simon.
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--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:52 pm
Cold_Fire
Boot
Joined: 05 Oct 2004 Posts: 52 Location: Lake Charles, LA
getting close! i can't wait for the puzzle update...I hope i'm still awake.
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 4:56 am
thebruce
Dances With Wikis
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
I won't be able to take as much as an active role today... leaving work early for a commitment at 3:15... and I'll be a little late to work... and I have a project that needs completion by monday, and I'm away for the weekend... so... i really gotta work today... and that sucks
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 8:26 am
Daffy889
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Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 493 Location: South Australia
thebruce wrote:
I won't be able to take as much as an active role today... leaving work early for a commitment at 3:15... and I'll be a little late to work... and I have a project that needs completion by monday, and I'm away for the weekend... so... i really gotta work today... and that sucks
Will there be someone around to document it all on the wiki thing? Otherwise I can try to keep a record on the first page of the thread, like someone did for the first set of puzzles.
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 9:09 am
thebruce
Dances With Wikis
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
that would be a good idea... whoever opens the thread (or the 2nd poster or whatnot) should keep the page up to date... I'll have a page setup in the wiki, but I can't guarantee it'll remain up to date beyond 3:15pm (EDT), at least until I get back tonight at like 9pm or so...
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:41 am
VirtualWolf
Greenhorn
Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Undisclosed military installation on Charon
HitsHerMark wrote:
Kali wrote:
RECESSING NIPPLES,
*looks around*
... Can you say that here?
Are we in trouble or something?
Maybe it's the fact that I've had ten days in a row of ten hours each at work... Or all the running around answering phones... Or the fact that my cat won't let me sleep when I'm not at work or answering phones... Or some combination thereof...
But I just can't stop giggeling.
I've had lots of sleep and am wide awake at the moment, and I can't stop giggling either.
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 12:49 am
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