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These are short cognate anagrams, often with a humorous link between the word/phrase and its anagram. ... The red numbers refer to footnotes crediting the author or publication where the anagram first appeared. Some originated in the nineteenth century.
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Ideally the anagram created relates in some (perhaps humorous) way to the original word or phrase. Such anagrams are described as cognate. The best anagrams are grammatically correct and use techniques such as abbreviating and to 'n' only minimally.
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Historians differ on the origin of the anagram. Some feel that they started as far back as the 4th century B.C. with the Greek. In particular someone named Lycophron (poet) who was a favorite entertainer of the wealthier society folks by making up flattering anagrams of their names. ... These are called "Cognate Anagrams"
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Here are some more examples of popular cognate anagrams. - trivia quiz game. Play now! ... 2. This sentence forms an anagram of the name of one of the most prominent nurses in history: "Flit on, cheering angel." ... "Here are some more examples of popular cognate anagrams."
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The answer to each clue is two words that anagram each other. One word is a person's first name. The word length and initials of words are given in the hint. Don't forget the apostrophe when needed. ... Here are some more examples of popular cognate anagrams.
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(Adapted from The Anagram Dictionary by Michael Curl, Words at Play by O.V. Michaelsen and The Oxford Guide to Word Games by Tony Augarde. Additional information about Lycophron from Zoran Radisavlevic) ... This era also gave us the cognate anagram, where the anagram has some relevance to the original, e.g.
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Linguistics. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish. ... Cognate letters ... a cognate word: The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt.
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Cognate letters ... cognate word ... Use Cognate object in a Sentence...
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