ANAGRAMS
You
know what an "anagram" is: the letters of one word
or phrase character-for-character rescheduled into another word
or phrase. Here are some certified gems for your trivia pleasure...
original anagram
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dormitory...................dirty room
evangelist..................evil's agent
desperation.................a rope ends it
the Morse Code..............here come dots
slot machines...............cash lost in 'em
animosity...................is no amity
mother-in-law...............woman Hitler
snooze alarms...............alas! no more Zs
Alec Guinness...............genuine class
Semolina....................is no meal
the public art galleries....large picture halls, I bet
a decimal point.............I'm a dot in place
the earthquakes.............that queer shake
eleven plus two.............twelve plus one
contradiction...............accord not in it
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This
one is breathtaking, from Shakespeare's "Hamlet":
"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."
and
its anagram:
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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and
the grand finale:
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
- Neil A. Armstrong
and
its anagram:
A thin man ran; makes a large stride, left planet, pins flag
on moon! On to Mars!
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