Anagrams

[LovelyLadyLux]

This has got to be one of the cleverest
E-mails I've received in awhile.
Someone out there
Must be "deadly" atScrabble.
(Wait till you see the last one)!


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 FOR THE GRAND FINALE:


MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

[Horus]

I like the last one

[Ruby Slippers]

Not an anagram but a word which has always caused me a wry grin: - Manslaughter - Man's Laughter!

[Horus]

Funnily enough myself and Hepzi were joking with each other about never knowing if it should be Bear or Bare in a certain context and it got me thinking as to just how many words we have that have several meaning, but are spelled or sound the same such as:
Bear up, as in keep going, or Bear with me and then we have such things as a Bare faced liar or "I can barely believe it, I just saw a Bear"
What about Bar? is it something to lean against whilst having a drink or a piece of metal or chocolate? it may even mean we have been banned from something.
Then you may have a Sore knee and the doctor may want to Saw it off even before you Saw someone else for a second opinion.
I am sure you can come up with a lot more even if you are standing on the sea Shore.

[Ruby Slippers]

I think this is what makes the experts and linguists say that English is one of the hardest languages to learn, Horus!

[Scottishtourist]

My own username!

Costs hit tourist!

Perfect summation of airfares and present economic climate in Egypt!

[Horus]

Nice one ST, you must visit us more often, we are quite friendly and don't bite.

[LovelyLadyLux]

Good one ST! It IS expensive being a tourist these days!

[Winged Isis]

Funnily enough myself and Hepzi were joking with each other about never knowing if it should be Bear or Bare in a certain context and it got me thinking as to just how many words we have that have several meaning, but are spelled or sound the same such as:
Bear up, as in keep going, or Bear with me and then we have such things as a Bare faced liar or "I can barely believe it, I just saw a Bear"
What about Bar? is it something to lean against whilst having a drink or a piece of metal or chocolate? it may even mean we have been banned from something.
Then you may have a Sore knee and the doctor may want to Saw it off even before you Saw someone else for a second opinion.
I am sure you can come up with a lot more even if you are standing on the sea Shore.

Horus, these are called homophones, "phone" indicating the sound. There are zillions! Well, too many to list here, so go to: homophone.com
Some obviously depend on your personal/local accent.

And then there are homographs, "graph" indicating the appearance i.e. spelling, which are words that are spelt the same but have different meanings (usually in noun and verb form e.g. bat): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_homographs