Tuesday 21 May 2013

Anagrams



'Hester Mofet. It's an anagram, isn't it, Doctor? Hester Mofet. "The rest of me."'
-Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) gets the run-around treatment courtesy Dr Hannibal Lecter 
(Anthony Hopkins) in Silence of the Lambs.

Going back in time a little here, let's take a look at Day 24 of NaPoWriMo, and the anagram challenge they suggest.

I used an anagram generator, one they suggested, resulting in some ridiculous word combinations. But I also wrote out my name- MATTHEW TUCKEY- and cut the paper into slips for each letter. This allowed me to pin down particular words and see what other words I could create out of the remaining slips.

Here are a few of the best:

TAKE THY WET CUM
EAT MY WET KUTCH
THAT MUCK WET, YE?

I then decided to throw in my middle name ALAN to create more combos.

WALK A NUTTY MACHETE
WHY LACTATE EMU TANK?
ACTUATE MY TAN WHELK
ATTACH MALE NEWT. YUK!
ATTACH MY KEY WALNUT
ME: CATWALK HYENA. TUT!
NUT ATE MY CHEAT WALK
U EAT THAT CLAM, WENKY!
WALKY MUTANT CHEAT
TUT, METHANE YAK CLAW
TWAT CAMEL, ETHAN. YUK!
NUKE TWATTY CAMEL. HA!
HEY NUTELA MACK TWAT!
U MALT A CAT THEY KNEW
LA! THE MAUY KNEW TACT. (Okay, so using foreign words now.)
CU: A LANKY TWAT THEME
WE TANK THAT CLAY EMU
AHA. TWEET MY CLUNK. TA!
TEAT MEAT CHUNK, YAWL!
TEAL MUTE YACHT WANK
HEY, MA! CULT TEAT WANK!
CULT: THEY WANT ME. KAA?
LAMENT, EAT, CATHY KEW.
HE, YAK CUNT MEAL, TWAT.
A WHEEL TUCK MY ANT. TA!
LA MUNTA! CHEEKY TWAT!
CUT THE WEAKLY MANTA
A NUT ATTACK MY WHEEL
NUTTY WHACK ATE MEAL
KNEEL AT A CUTTY: WHAM!

There are plenty of totally deranged images to inspire thousands of surreal poems, including supermodel hyenas, moving parts that abduct insects, strange reasons to be quiet on a boat, dangerous weapons with dangerous personae of their own, aquatic lizards, the forced consumption of seafood and arrogant camels. In fact, there's a whole Terry Pratchett novel in there. I might come back to this over the next few weeks.

Why not give it a shot yourself and see what anagrams your name provides?

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