Anagrams

[Dave James]

A friend of mine just passed this along. Someone has way too much time on their hands or they are some sort of scrabble/anagram savant:

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

THE MORSE CODE :

When you rearrange the letters:

HERE COME DOTS

DORMITORY:

When you rearrange the letters:

DIRTY ROOM

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:

I'M 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 PROBABLY THE BEST OF THE BUNCH:

MOTHER-IN-LAW:

When you rearrange the letters:

WOMAN HITLER

[GA Russell]

I guess the two most famous in jazz are:

Gil Evans - Svengali

Orrin Keepnews - Re: Person I Knew

[Brownian Motion]

Have you seen this?

http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html

-Mullah Ran Tan

[BillF]

Great stuff! When my wife and I go to Southport by train (usually to hear jazz) we go through a station called Meols Cop, which we say must be an anagram. We've never managed to make a satisfactory anagram, but Wordsmith gives the excellent Compel So, Close Mop and Coop Elms.

[Aggie87]

My real name works out to "Leering Drunk".

[Dave James]

My real name works out to "Leering Drunk".

T.M.I.

[Swinging Swede]

Wayne Shorter = Hear Wry Notes

Earlier threads here:

[Swinging Swede]

A couple I remember from years ago:

Michael Cuscuna:

Music Launch Ace

Nice Casual Chum

[Swinging Swede]

Miles Davis:

Evil Sadism

A Livid Mess

Ornette Coleman:

Met No Tolerance

Lame Cornet Tone