I need help creating some anagrams

Goose · 15 May 2006 at 20:28

I've got an exam tomorow and i want to create some anagrams to help me remember key points.

For example, if i take the first letter of each point i end up with the letters S U L D E C W.

Im a total dunce when it comes to this sort of crap so if anyone knows of some sort of program that makes anagrams for you i'd greatly appreciate it.

Cheers.

Alchemy · 15 May 2006 at 20:29

Your method seems to be fine, at least it's what I would do.

Goose · 15 May 2006 at 20:30

Alchemy said:
Your method seems to be fine, at least it's what I would do.

Yeh, its making a real word out of specific letters i need help with.

PardonTheWait · 15 May 2006 at 20:31

The thread entitled Anagrams! on the FIRST PAGE OF GD might be a good start!

Greenlizard0 · 15 May 2006 at 20:34

S U L D E C W

Stupid Underground Lepricorns Dick Elephants Constantly, Woo!

semi-pro waster · 15 May 2006 at 20:35

Do you have a lot to make or is it just that one? I'd probably go with something along the lines of Shiver Until Little Demons Eat Chilled Watercress as it sounds stupid which makes it easier to remember.

Kell_ee001 · 15 May 2006 at 20:35

Do you want to make anagrams or mnemonics?

Pho · 15 May 2006 at 20:47

http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html

edit: stick in the first letter of each word and go

sjt269 · 15 May 2006 at 20:47

Kell_ee001 said:
Do you want to make anagrams or mnemonics?

Yeah, that's what I was going to say...most people use mnemonics (I almost typed 'pneumatics' there

).

Goose · 15 May 2006 at 20:48

Anagrams are fine but i reckon it would be easier to remember if i have just a single word with each letter of that word meaning something. Such as...

Sovereignty
Unethical
Land
Inevitable
Echota
Court
Winter

But obviously, SULIECW isn't a word, so i wont remember it. I dont know whether aranging letters into a word is an anagram, mnemonic or something else.

Cheers.

punky_munky · 15 May 2006 at 21:35

When I had to remember the seven layers of the OSI model I just remembered the first letters. PDNTSPA. Just keep going over them and you'll be fine. Also, understanding what each one means helps immensely

jpmonkey69 · 15 May 2006 at 23:14

They're called acronyms, guys.

punky_munky · 15 May 2006 at 23:16

Actually, they're not. Acronyms have to make a word

acronym
noun
a word formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g., radar, laser)

Arcade Fire · 15 May 2006 at 23:44

punky_munky said:
Actually, they're not. Acronyms have to make a word

acronym
noun
a word formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g., radar, laser)

What? That's rubbish. A set of letters that stands for something else is an acronym.

Merriam Webster said:
Main Entry: ac·ro·nym
Function: noun
: a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters.

A.N.Other · 15 May 2006 at 23:46

Quite right, these are mnemonics!

Anyway, this is something you have to do yourself if you have a chance of remembering them. Make them personal and funny.

// EDIT // punky_monkey and arcade fire ... you're both saying exactly the same thing? :confused:

Stripe · 15 May 2006 at 23:48

from what i heard years ago, acronyms don't make a real word.

punky_munky · 15 May 2006 at 23:51

Arcade Fire said:
What? That's rubbish. A set of letters that stands for something else is an acronym.

I didn't realise it counted when it was unpronounceable. Anyways, this guy is asking for a mnemonic.

Killerkebab · 16 May 2006 at 01:02

A.N.Other said:
// EDIT // punky_monkey and arcade fire ... you're both saying exactly the same thing?

Punky is trying to say acronyms have to make a word.
Arcade is handing him his ass on a platter by proving him wrong.

punky_munky · 16 May 2006 at 01:03

I blame the ambiguous OS X dictionary