https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/4630#M1148 Anagram: Mistletoe &gt; "item lose"<BR /> finds: 5541776219 Extreme colon cleanser and weight lose item<BR /> <BR /> :-D<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> definition of anagram Anagram<BR /> Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law. <BR /> <BR /> Anagram<BR /> Noun<BR /> <BR /> 1. A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.<BR /> <BR /> Anagram: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)<BR /> <BR /> An anagram (Greek ana-, "back", and graphein, "to write") is the result of transposing the letters of a word or words in such a manner as to produce other words that possess linguistic meaning. The meaning of the new word so created is seen in the context of or in contrast to that of the old word so as to create humorous or interesting associations between the two. Anagrams are a type of word play.<BR /> <BR /> The construction of anagrams is an amusement of great antiquity. Jews are often credited with the invention of anagrams, probably because later Hebrew writers, particularly Kabbalists, were fond of it, asserting that "secret mysteries are woven in the numbers of letters." Anagrams were known to the Greeks and also to the Romans, although the known Latin examples of words of more than one syllable are nearly all imperfect.<BR /> <BR /> They were popular throughout Europe during the Middle Ages and later, particularly in France, where a certain Thomas Billon was appointed "anagrammatist to the king" by Louis XIII. W. Camden (Remains, 7th ed., 1674) defines "Anagrammatisme" as "a dissolution of a name truly written into his letters, as his elements, and a new connection of it by artificial transposition, without addition, subtraction or change of any letter, into different words, making some perfect sense applyable [i.e., applicable] to the person named." Dryden disdainfully called the pastime the "torturing of one poor word ten thousand ways" but many men and women of note have found amusement in it.<BR /> <BR /> A well-known anagram is the change of "Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum" into "Virgo serena, pia, munda et immaculata." Among others are the anagrammatic answer to Pilate's question, "Quid est veritas"—namely, "Est vir qui adest"; and the transposition of "Horatio Nelson" into "Honor est a Nilo"; and of "Florence Nightingale" into "Flit on, cheering angel." James I's courtiers discovered in "James Stuart" "a just master," and converted "Charles James Stuart" into "Claimes Arthur's seat." "Eleanor Audeley," wife of Sir John Davies, is said to have been brought before the High Commission in 1634 for extravagances, stimulated by the discovery that her name could be transposed to "Reveale, O Daniel," and to have been laughed out of court by another anagram submitted by the dean of the Arches, "Dame Eleanor Davies," "Never soe mad a ladie."<BR /> <BR /> The pseudonyms adopted by authors are often transposed forms, more or less exact, of their names; thus "Calvinus" becomes "Alcuinus" (V = U); "Francois Rabelais," "Alcofribas Nasier"; "Edward Gorey," "Ogdred Weary"; "Vladimir Nabokov", "Vivian Darkbloom" or "Vivian Bloodmark" or "Dorian Vivalcomb", "Bryan Waller Proctor," "Barry Cornwall, poet"; "Henry Rogers," "R. E. H. Greyson," and so on. It is to be noted that several of these are "imperfect anagrams", letters having been left out in some cases for the sake of easy pronunciation.<BR /> <BR /> "Telliamed," a simple reversal, is the title of a well known work by "De Maillet." One of the most remarkable pseudonyms of this class is the name "Voltaire", which the celebrated philosopher assumed instead of his family name, François Marie Arouet, and which is now generally allowed to be an anagram of "Arouet, l<E> j[eune]", that is, "Arouet the younger." Anagramming may also be used to good effect in farce or parody. A writer might take an unpleasant person he knows, base a character in a book on him/her, and then transpose the letters in the source's name. For example, controversial Isreali Prime Minister Ariel Sharon might be satirized as, say, local greengrocer "Leon A. Shirra". A rather inventive way to avoid a libel lawsuit.<BR /> <BR /> Perhaps the only practical use to which anagrams have been turned is to be found in the transpositions in which some of the astronomers of the 17th century embodied their discoveries with the design apparently of avoiding the risk that, while they were engaged in further verification, the credit of what they had found out might be claimed by others. Thus Galileo announced his discovery that Venus had phases like the Moon in the form, "Haec immatura a me iam frustra leguntur--oy," that is, "Cynthiae figuras aemulatur Mater Amorum." Similarly, when Robert Hooke discovered Hooke's law in 1660, he first published it in anagram form. One might think of this as a primitive example of a cryptographic hash function.<BR /> <BR /> There are also a few "natural" anagrams, English words unconsciously created by switching letters around. The French chaise longue ("long chair") became the English "chaise lounge" by metathesis (transposition of letters and/or sounds). This is an example of folk etymology. It has also been speculated that the English "curd" comes from the Latin crudus ("raw").<BR /> <BR /> Cryptic crossword puzzles frequently use anagrammatic clues, usually indicating that they are anagrams by the inclusion of a word like "confused" or "in disarray". An example would be Businessman bursts into tears (9 letters); the solution, Stationer is an anagram of into tears, the letters of which have burst out of their original arrangement to form the name of a type of businessman.<BR /> <BR /> What is the most anagrammable name on record? There must be few names as deliciously workable as that of "Augustus de Morgan" who tells that a friend had constructed about 800 on his name (specimens of which are given in his Budget of Paradoxes, p. 82)!<BR /></E> Mon, 13 Dec 2004 00:41:13 GMT greenbottles99 2004-12-13T00:41:13Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3156#M747 Treasure Hunting fever has struck the nation! Well, nearly <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span><BR /> <BR /> Do you have a story you would like to share about your Treasure Hunting?<BR /> <BR /> We are putting together some snippets for our main treasure hunting page here: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/treasurehunt/ and would love to hear from you! <BR /> <BR /> This thread will need to keep on topic, so if you want to chat with other hunters, please use the rest of the forum, your posts will be removed if they are off topic.<BR /> <BR /> Thanks!<BR /> <BR /> Alexia<BR /> <BR /> By posting on this board, you agree that eBay can use your comments to feature on our Treasure Hunt hub page. Please note that eBay may alter or edit your post to ensure the comments are brief, free from inappropriate language and without any errors (grammatical or otherwise). <BR /> <BR /> Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:12:22 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3156#M747 alexiab@ebay.com 2004-12-09T18:12:22Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3176#M752 I lost <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span> Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:17:27 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3176#M752 littlebookman 2004-12-09T18:17:27Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3188#M758 today i learnt that if you hit your f5 button repeatedly it comes off.<BR /> and i also never want to see another hello kitty pencil case ever Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:18:03 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3188#M758 forum_lurker 2004-12-09T18:18:03Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3196#M762 Brill!!<BR /> <BR /> Keeping me on my toes and my family without clean clothes, breakfast/lunch or dinner, the carpets need hooverd and i need a wash! LOL<BR /> <BR /> addictive, fun, free, exciting-just what we need to take the pressure out of the christmas shopping oh and grab a bargain or two while i am looking for the winning listing<BR /> <BR /> roll on tommorow's clue detectve tigger is on the case LOL Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:19:45 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3196#M762 the-wonderful-thing-about-tiggers 2004-12-09T18:19:45Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3210#M765 I learnt that I am either only half as clever as i thought I was or I need a straightjacket!! My kids aren't talking to me and I can't remember how to get up off this chair! Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:20:28 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3210#M765 laura.k.d 2004-12-09T18:20:28Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3227#M772 Me, my mum and sister sat at the computer for 5 hours trawling through our ideas, although some were completely wrong including (stab in the dark) at the time it was an idea silly now though. But we did get the 1655, unfortunately it was at about PM this afternoon. So we ignored our house work and children (at times) But everything is still ok so we will be back tomorrow so watch out peeps.<BR /> <BR /> :0)<BR /> Well done EBAY !!!! Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:20:38 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3227#M772 darkangelmax452 2004-12-09T18:20:38Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3239#M778 been here everyday from 8am.thought of words i didnt know existed.starved today but thats all good means i lose a lb and get to eat more goodies at crimbo.poor kids ,grabbed teen the minute he came in at lunchtime from doing his mock exams.no how did you do in your exam.i asked think words to do with cracker.:-) Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:51:23 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3239#M778 the.real.undertaker 2004-12-09T18:51:23Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3249#M780 I think I now have DVT. Do we have any doctors here? No of course we don't, they're all busy doing something worthwhile! Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:05:57 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3249#M780 bluewave42 2004-12-09T19:05:57Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3262#M785 Plus side of Ebay Treasure Hunt - my typing skills quickly came back to me, I have an honarary degree from Ebay university on the study of Partridges, learned Latin, learned how to "string", know how to amuse dogs without taking them for a walk, have quick access now to headache tablets, can talk on the phone in one syllable sentences and hang up within 20 seconds.<BR /> <BR /> Negative side - my bum is sore, my house is a mess, my family think I'm mad, the Pinks mess with your train of thought, the toilet is downstairs, I've been eating sandwiches for 2 days now, my Ebay customers are getting neglected.<BR /> <BR /> Who's ready for tomorrow? Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:06:47 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3262#M785 tweetyisdead 2004-12-09T19:06:47Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3274#M789 Yeah, got up earlier than usual, did days housework before taking kids to school and sat at pc all day..<BR /> (oh, apart from setting an alarm clock to remind me to do a pre-school pick up and school run)<BR /> <BR /> My daughter then kindly told my hubby what I had done this morning, why she was slighty late to school ( had to get housework done before school run), and that the pc chair was hotter than the rad, when I went to dish up their tea!!<BR /> <BR /> Daughter not impressed or is hubby cause I didn't win!! lol<BR /> <BR /> However, I have to say it's been fun and a very well done the Bales !!<BR /> <BR /> Best wishes &amp; Happy Christmas to all who reads this:) Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:31:13 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3274#M789 frostiesrmyfavorite 2004-12-09T19:31:13Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3288#M792 My workplace looks like a tip.<BR /> <BR /> the customers think im ignorant as i was supposed to deal with a few queries and call them back but didnt.<BR /> <BR /> My car has just cooled down after a mad dash home theres a few disasters in my wake,<BR /> <BR /> my dog is wearing half his dinner as i threw it at him on the way in the door,<BR /> <BR /> The cat has left home in a huff as i propelled her half way across the room she was sitting on my laptop.<BR /> <BR /> AHH Well there always tomorrow.<BR /> :^O Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:33:15 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3288#M792 bored.at.work.again 2004-12-09T19:33:15Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3298#M794 Yeh! Isn't this the best fun you've had for ages? (Or am I a sad individual!)<BR /> Spent today trying to serve customers quickly in my shop, doing Basil Fawlty impersonations. "You want one of these? Hurry up! What colour? Those are in the store, take cream, it's nice. Lord, you want me to put it in a BAG? Look, while you're shuffling for your credit card, what springs to mind when I say Cracker? Nothing? For God's sake man, I've got important things to do in my office, having a VAT inspection - DO HURRY UP!"<BR /> I wouldn't really care what the prize was ; I love the whole atmosphere and the comradeship. I haven't seen a bitchy remark on the Treasure Hunt Board since it started. Had a quick look at the other boards today and the threads were the same old subjects. Almost felt like posting, "Never mind NPBs, postage, feedback, come into the fun room where we're all ten years old again! Well done Ebay! Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:43:40 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3298#M794 keepherlit0 2004-12-09T19:43:40Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3305#M796 Oh, and I forgot another bonus; it's great to see the "human" side of pinks! (Or inhuman when they are keeping us on the edge of our seats!) Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:50:41 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3305#M796 keepherlit0 2004-12-09T19:50:41Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3319#M797 I prefered the Cadbury´s Cream Egg competition from years ago, at least you could dig up someones garden !!!!, all i am digging up is dead ends !!, i wish i could see what the winning listing looked like, This is great fun, cant sleep, go to the loo or eat !!!!!!!!!!!! Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:55:04 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3319#M797 glenncanfixit 2004-12-09T19:55:04Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3336#M799 keepherlit0, I just lmao,, loved your post! Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:06:43 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3336#M799 ems*honie 2004-12-09T20:06:43Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3344#M802 Sorry #14, this is OT so will be pulled, but what does Imao mean? (Trying to figure it out has been as bad as the Treasure Hunt!):-) Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:25:07 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3344#M802 keepherlit0 2004-12-09T20:25:07Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3354#M804 Before it gets pulled 'Laugh my arse off' Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:33:48 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3354#M804 pris2001 2004-12-09T20:33:48Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3367#M806 I put too many sugars in my tea (that I made at hyper speed so's not to miss anything) chuntering to myself trying to come up with words. My cats are looking thinner for some reason and have a hateful stare when they look at me.?:| Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:44:37 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3367#M806 sjw1705 2004-12-09T20:44:37Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3377#M808 <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span> Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:46:46 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3377#M808 ems*honie 2004-12-09T20:46:46Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3386#M810 Its great fun, finally a competition that needs brain cells to participate in!!! :^O Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:56:57 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Fun-and-Games/Tell-us-your-Treasure-Hunting-story/m-p/3386#M810 skeggy553 2004-12-09T20:56:57Z