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There was an ongoing tradition of allowing anagrams to be "perfect" if the letters were all used once, but allowing for these interchanges. Latin continued to influence letter values (such as I = J, U = V and W = VV).
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Two examples are the change of Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum (Latin: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord with you) into Virgo serena, pia, munda et immaculata (Latin: Serene virgin, pious, clean and spotless), and the anagrammatic answer to Pilate's question, Quid est veritas? (Latin: What is truth?), namely, Est vir qui adest (Latin: It is the man who is here).

There were attempts to regulate anagram formation, an important one in English being that of George Puttenham's Of the Anagram or Posy Transposed in The Art of English Poesie (1589).Īs a literary game when Latin was the common property of the literate, Latin anagrams were prominent. In particular, spelling in English only slowly became fixed. Īny historical material on anagrams must always be interpreted in terms of the assumptions and spellings that were current for the language in question. They became hugely popular in the early modern period, especially in Germany. Est vir qui adest, explained below, was cited as the example in Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Īnagrams in Latin were considered witty over many centuries. Later, Kabbalists took this up with enthusiasm, calling anagrams temurah. In the Talmudic and Midrashic literature, anagrams were used to interpret the Hebrew Bible, notably by Eleazar of Modi'im. They are said to date back at least to the Greek poet Lycophron, in the third century BCE but this relies on an account of Lycophron given by John Tzetzes in the 12th century. They were popular throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, for example with the poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut. History Īnagrams can be traced back to the time of the ancient Greeks, and were used to find the hidden and mystical meaning in names. "Anagrams" itself can be anagrammatized as "Ars magna" (Latin, 'the great art'). They can change part of speech, such as the adjective "silent" to the verb "listen". " Tom Marvolo Riddle" = "I am Lord Voldemort".

" Ronald Wilson Reagan" = "Insane anglo warlord"." William Shakespeare" = "I am a weakish speller".They can sometimes change from a proper noun or personal name into an appropriate sentence: For example:Īn anagram that has a meaning opposed to that of the original word or phrase is called an "antigram". " She Sells Sanctuary" = " Santa shy, less cruel" or " Satan cruel, less shy"Īn anagram may also be a synonym of the original word." McDonald's restaurants" = " Uncle Sam's standard rot"." Church of Scientology" = "rich-chosen goofy cult".They may be a parody, a criticism or satire. William has even done some paid expert witness work relating to a US lawsuit where anagrams were core to the matter in dispute.An animation for the anagram " President Obama = a baptism redone"Īnagrams may be created as a commentary on the subject. These include significant numbers of authors, numerologists, Shakespeare authorship researchers and various others. Most of the good anagrams discovered in the last fifteen years were generated with the software.Īs a consequence, William has been frequently consulted whenever the subject of anagrams comes up.
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The Da Vinci Code movie used exactly the same anagrams that were in the book. William’s name (but unfortunately not the name of the software) appears in the book’s acknowledgements. This alone accounts for at least another fifty million people exposed. The international best-seller, The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown contains anagrams generated with the software. Many tens of millions more have been exposed to the software indirectly, either through publicity or by enjoying the anagrams the software created. The software has been used directly (trial downloads, customers or online use) by approximately five million people.
