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the bat Jan 17th 2008 5:42 pm

spelling
 
Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble.
(Wait till you see the last one)!

DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER

DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE


GAUTENG:
When you rearrange the letters:
GET A GUN

THE MORSE CODE:
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S

A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE

AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:

MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

Confucius Jan 17th 2008 5:45 pm

Re: spelling
 
Showtime
When you rearrange the letters:
Orbit

the bat Jan 17th 2008 5:47 pm

Re: spelling
 

Originally Posted by Confucius (Post 5801498)
Showtime
When you rearrange the letters:
Orbit

yes i can see that, wonder how that one got past the boffins.

Confucius Jan 17th 2008 6:10 pm

Re: spelling
 

Originally Posted by the bat (Post 5801506)
yes i can see that, wonder how that one got past the boffins.

You have to watch carefully...

the bat Jan 17th 2008 6:11 pm

Re: spelling
 

Originally Posted by Confucius (Post 5801606)
You have to watch carefully...

i will from now on.

MacScot Jan 18th 2008 7:55 am

Re: spelling
 
Shoplifter: "Has to pilfer"
Husband and wife: "Fun was had in bed"
and one for The Dean:
I have a large penis: "He is plain average"

Here are some for regular BE posters:

Madam Medusa: "Madam amused", "A Mamma's Dude" or "A dam mad muse"!

Blue Cat: "Tea club", "Cat lube" or "Lace but".

Matahari: "Maria hat", "A hair mat" or "Tiara ham"

Paidtoplease: "A pale deposit", "A polite spade" or "Dies to appeal".

Inselaffen: "Elf fannies", "Sniff an eel", "Feline fans" or "Nae sniffles" (Scottish for no sniffles)

Lady Lou: "A dull yo" or a "Loud lay".

IndieGirl: "Rigid line", "I ring idle" "Grin, I lied"

Twinkle-star: "Stalker twin", "Raw tent silk", "A strewn kilt" or "Straw tinkle". The last one is a painful urological condition according to the Uxbridge dictionary (aka I'm sorry I haven't a clue).

Try yourself at http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html but tends to work with longer words or nicknames.

IndieG Jan 18th 2008 8:02 am

Re: spelling
 

Originally Posted by MacScot (Post 5804160)
IndieGirl: "Grin, I lied"

mmmmmm didn't think I'd get caught:sneaky::D

IndieG Jan 18th 2008 8:05 am

Re: spelling
 

Originally Posted by MacScot (Post 5804160)
Try yourself at http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html but tends to work with longer words or nicknames.

Just did with my real name:eek:

MacScot Jan 18th 2008 8:38 am

Re: spelling
 

Originally Posted by IndieGirl (Post 5804182)
Just did with my real name:eek:

What was the result - then we might be able to guess your real name in reverse!

The Dean Jan 18th 2008 11:59 am

Re: spelling
 

Originally Posted by the bat (Post 5801484)
Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble.
(Wait till you see the last one)!

DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER

DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE


GAUTENG:
When you rearrange the letters:
GET A GUN

THE MORSE CODE:
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S

A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE

AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:

MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

You missed the best one (mentioned on that website, but quite old anyway so probably familiar to everyone):

To be or not to be: that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. =
In one of the Bard's best-thought-of tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten.


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