Message: "Anagram" - Behind the Name

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Anagram

by Selwyn (guest)

7/6/2001, 3:07 PM

in reply to a message by Jennifer

How about "Fern " since that is a anagram of Jennifer and it is actually a real name too.

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- Nanaea +2

7/6/2001, 3:51 PM

Actually, "Fern " isn't an anagram of "Jennifer ", because an anagram has to consist of *all* of the letters of the word which you are anagramming. For example, "Weslyn" is an anagram of "Selwyn ", because all 6 letters are used in making the new name.

But "Fern " is a good suggestion for a middle name, Selwyn ! :)

-- Nanaea

- Selwyn (guest) +1

7/6/2001, 5:19 PM

Ooops :) (txt)

I seem to have misunderstood something there then :)
Thank you for telling me so that I do not misinform others.
Yet, what is it then called when one makes new words out of a name/word without using all the letters?
Does that have a name at all or how?

-Selwyn

- Nanaea

7/6/2001, 6:48 PM

It's called a "partial anagram".

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