What's in a Name?

[ProfStokes]

Now I admire Professor Stokes's intelligence and appreciate how quickly he's able to solve problems and catch on to the various mysterious goings-on, but in today's episodes, he was just too good to be true.  What put Stokes on to Danielle Roget's trail?  Sure, he's bound to be suspicious of Adam's mystery woman, but where in the world did he get the idea that her name was an anagram?  That one is just too far-fetched for me.  

Then again, when I meet new people, I don't instantly demand to know how to spell their names just in case they turn out to be mass murderers from bygone centuries. Thus, I have no way of knowing if the seemingly-docile Abigail Courter is actually the reincarnation of Lucretia Borgia or if Harold Filet could be harboring the spirit of Adolf Hitler.

 Those of you who wish to be on the safe side, however, may want to run the names of your family, friends, and local politicians through this website to make sure there are no historic villains among them.  

http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html

ProfStokes

[Midnite]

Wow!  I entered my hubby's name and got:

BARRY ROGET

Should I be afraid?

[MsCriseyde]

Those of you who wish to be on the safe side, however, may want to run the names of your family, friends, and local politicians through this website to make sure there are no historic villains among them.  

http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html

Hmm. One of the anagrams it coughs up for Criseyde is CRIED YES. <vbeg>

[Cassandra]

I did my whole name and came up with "Call Roofers" lol!! (maybe someone is trying to tell me something.)

I did one for Dark Shadows and came up with "Dark Sad Show"  hmmm...


Thanks Prof!  

[Connie]

Then again, when I meet new people, I don't instantly demand to know how to spell their names just in case they turn out to be mass murderers from bygone centuries.

Those of you who wish to be on the safe side, however...

ROFL.  Yer funny.

Just to be on the safe side, I ran my husband's name.  I'm a little worried:
FAMILIAL COUCH HEX
Ya know, ya live with someone for over 20 years and ya think ya know them....hmm.  I KNEW something wasn't quite right.

In any event, I ran Quentin Collins and came up with something interesting:
LINCOLN INQUEST

A couple of noteworthy anagrams for David Selby:
AVIDLY BEDS  (Yes!  I like this!)
SLAVE BIDDY  (Huh?  LOL)

Anyway, thanks ProfStokes for the link to this valuable tool!

Keeping my eyes and ears open from now on,
I am,
-CLC

[Happybat]

ProfStokes,

Yes, I was thinking the same thing about Stokes; he is way too clever by half.  The only explanation I can think of is that Stokes may have been aware of the spirit of Danielle Roget being summoned before when she used another anagram alias.  It is still very hard to believe, however, especially because the name isn't even vaguely similar to Leona Helmsley ...  uh, I mean Eltridge.    Gotta love that portly, sherry swilling Professor anyway.  He would give even Columbo a run for the money!

Thanks, too, for the link to the anagram site.  I'm passing this baby on to friends for some harmless Friday divertissement, Mademoiselle.

And thanks, Connie, for the laughs!  Think I'll revisit the anagram site soon for more fun, but now it's back to work for me.

Sincerely,

Baroness Pecker (a.k.a Happybat)

[Birdie]

My name would have Stokes in his den for days.  There were 73 pages of anagrams.  Bed, Beer, and Bod, showed up and quite a few.  Do you think that is a sign?

Birdie

[CandleLighter]

My name came up with: SNEAK EVERY TRYST
See ya soon Pokie one!  lol  (inside joke)

[Bob_the_Bartender]

Dear Prof. Stokes,

Instead of concocting an anagram for Daniele Roget, wouldn't it have been far easier (not to mention less dangerous) for Nicholas simply to have given Daniele an alias like "Shirley Kowalski" or, perhaps, "Clementine Kadihiloffer"?

Sincerely,

Bob the Bartender, who reminds you that "a rose by any other name..."

[scout75]

"Shirley Kowalski" or..."Clementine Kadihiloffer"?

I like you, Bob...

Not only do you pour a neat scotch...but you can also be counted on for the most arcane (and funny) references known to modern man.

I put my actual name in the anagram machine and came up with not only a new alias--Swami Karl Lim--but quite possibly the title of an arthouse film: Lila Warms Kim.

[RingoCollins]

Ringo Collins becomes:

Collins Groin

Rolling Coins

Sonic Gin Roll

and

In Girls Colon

[lurkerintheshadows]

My name(Douglas Smith)came up with the following sampling(among the cleaner stuff):

A GOLDSMITH US
A DIG LUSH TOMS
A GILD SHOT SUM
A MIDGUT SLOSH
A DIGS SHOT LUM
A GOLD ISTHMUS
A GOLD SMITH US
A GOLD HITS SUM
A GOULDS SMITH
A GOULD SMITH
A DOG HIM LUSTS
A DOG HIT SLUMS
A DOG HUMS LIST
A DOG THUS SLIM
A GOD HITS SLUM
A GOD HUMS LIST
A MILD HOGS STU
A MILD THUGS SO
A MILD GUSTS HO
DIM HOGS LUST
A DIM HOGS SLUT
A DIM THUGS LOS
A OLD SIGH MUST
HAD GUMS I LOST
HAD MUGS I LOST
DASH LOG I MUST
AID GHOST SLUM
LAID SMUG HOST
DISMAL HOG STU
AMID HOG LUSTS
AMID HOG SLUTS
AMIDST GHOULS
SADIST MOGHUL
LAD GHOST I SUM
DAM GHOULS SIT
DAM GHOUL SITS
MAD GHOST LUIS
MAD GHOUL SITS
USA GOLDSMITH
USA GOLD SMITH
USA MILD GHOST


That's enough!I got what seemed to close to a thousand anagrams for my name!

[tripwire]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR   RICH DICK RASH

[Happybat]

My votes go to Sonic Gin Roll and A Gold Isthumus.  

Here are some of my anagrams:

ABSENCES PORKER  (Hate that!)

BACKER RESPONSE

BACKERS REOPENS

CARBONS KEEPERS (Maybe somewhere, in a galaxy far, far away, you will find this tucked in among the job ads)

BARKEEP CENSORS (Look out,  Bob-the-Bartender!)

BARONESS PECKER (my fave!)

BORAK PRESENCES (perhaps a job benefit for carbons keepers?)

KNEECAPS RESORB (an as yet unidentified condition common among football players)

ESCAPER BONKERS (Don't we all have days like this?)

PARKERS OBSCENE  (Who, moi?)

[scout75]

Collins Groin...

I had a bad case of Collins Groin once.

My doctor advised me to drink lots of sherry and quit marrying intense, crazed women with supernatural powers.