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This is an archive article published on May 6, 1998

Nda And Dna

Hey hold it, before you think I am a defence expert or a microbiologist, read on. This has nothing to do with deoxybionucleic acid or Nation...

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Hey hold it, before you think I am a defence expert or a microbiologist, read on. This has nothing to do with deoxybionucleic acid or National Defence Academy. This is a little bit of boring info talk about anagrammatizein8217;.

I was just lazing around a Sunday afternoon, when I came across an article written by K Smiles. I tried to smile, but then I was awestruck by his knowledge and study of anagrams. If you have a good observation, you may have observed that the title of this article is made up of only three alphabets, rearranged into three different words. Got it? Welcome to the stupefying and crazy world of anagrams. Anagram is rearranging of alphabets in a word or a sentence. The word originated from its Greek counterpart: anagrammatizein8217;. It means transpose letters. But the real fun in anagrams comes when the real word is related to the anagram in some way.

Astronomers8217; becomes Stars? No more8217; and the moron stares8217;. Smiles tells an interesting anecdote about the English statesman Benjamin Disraeli. At the time of elections, his supporters coined an anagram 8211; Sir, I lead8217;! To which his opponents retaliated in the same way. They said 8211; Idle airs8217;!Anagrams, which co-incidentally reflect something about the originals are more interesting. Nobel laureate Tagore8217; becomes O Great8217;! More interesting is the nurse Florence Nightingale8217; as 8211; Flit on, cheering angel8217;!

A Surgeon8217; says Go, nurse8217; while a Revolution8217; has to ruin love8217;. A Telegraph8217; was of great help8217; in Old England8217; 8211; A golden land8217;. A Ruse8217; trick has to be sure8217;. India8217; was in aid8217;. A shoplifter8217; has to pilfer8217;.

After all, no Scorpio8217; is Sic8217; and Poor8217;! Anyway, happy anagrammatization!

 

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