LANGUAGE

ANAGRAM

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ; I AM A WEAKISH SPELLER
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ; I'LL MAKE A WISE PHRASE
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ; OUR BEST NOVEL IN STORE
SOFTHEARTEDNESS ; OFTEN SHESDS TEARS
HORATIO NELSON ; ON, THEN, O SAILOR
SAINT VALENTINE DAY ; NAY, A LASS INVENTED IT
THE UPHOLSTERIES ; RESTORE THE PLUSH
TO CAST PEARLS BEFORE SWINE ; ONE LABOUR IS PERFECT WASTE
ANIMOSITY ; IS NO AMITY
PRINCESS DIANA can be rearrnged as DESCEND IN PARIS
ELEVEN PLUS TWO is TWELVE PLUS ONE
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In a dictionary, the verb 'BE' is described as:

BE [verb]

first and third person singular past indicative: was
second person singular and plural and first and third person plural past indicative: were
past subjunctive: were
past participle: been
present participle: being
first person singular present indicative: am
second person singular and plural and first and third person plural present indicative: are
third person singular present indicative: is
present subjunctive: be

Therefore you can correctly say 'I am', 'she is', 'you are', etc. Is it ever grammatically correct to say 'I is'?



Answer:

Yes: I is the first letter of igloo!
or
I is the first letter of India.
I is the last letter of the word Hindi.

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he words below are all anagrams of other words, the initial letters of which form an anagram of another word. What is the answer?

bruise
warned
please
listen
veined
trance



Answera;


The answer is 'ANSWER': asleep, nectar, silent, wander, envied, rubies.

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Can you find anagrams of the following words?

ASPIRATE
ALARMING
BLEATING
DECIMATE
CREATIVE
CHEATING
DOWNLOAD
GRADIENT
ALTITUDE
GENERATE



Answer:


Parasite, marginal, tangible, medicate, reactive, teaching, woodland, treading, latitude, teenager.

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OPERAS is the plural of OPERA, which is the plural of OPUS.
OPUS means 'musical composition'.

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Exceptions to “I before E …”:

albeit, beige, counterfeit, deity, either, feisty, height, kaleidoscope, leisure, neighbor, obeisance, protein, reveille, seize, veil, weird, zeitgeist

“… except after C”:

ancient, concierge, efficient, financier, glacier, juicier, democracies, species

Will Rogers said, “Nothing you can’t spell will ever work.”
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UNNOTICEABLY contains the vowels A, E, I, O, and U in reverse order.

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Many masculine nouns can be converted to feminine with a suffix, as HERO-HEROINE and HOST-HOSTESS, WIDOE-WIDOWER, BRIDE-BRIDEGROOM
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It’s said that when Christopher Wren completed St. Paul’s cathedral in 1708, Queen Anne told him his work was “awful, artificial, and amusing.”

He took this as a compliment — in those days these words meant awe-inspiring, artistic, and amazing.

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spaneria = (noun) scarcity of men
spanogyny= (noun) scarcity of women
karoshi = (noun) death from over war
epicaricacy = (noun) taking pleasure in other's misfortune
swedge = (verb) to leave without paying one's bill
aidle = (verb) to earn one’s bread indifferently well



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You can type the numbers ONE through NINETY-NINE without using the letters A,B,C, or D.

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Only ants and men make war on a large scale.

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ANAGRAM

THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR ; HE INTERROGATES VICTIMS
ASTEROID THREATS ; DISASTER TO EARTH
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE is an anagram of I AM A WEAKISH SPELLER
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spaneria = (noun) scarcity of men
spanogyny= (noun) scarcity of women
karoshi = (noun) death fr



THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR ; HE INTERROGATES VICTIMS
ASTEROID THREATS ; DISASTER TO EARTH
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE is an anagram of I AM A WEAKISH SPELLER
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spaneria = (noun) scarcity of men
spanogyny= (noun) scarcity of women
karoshi = (noun) death from overwork

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Vowels are in order in 'facetiously'.
Vowels are in reverse order in 'subcontinental'

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PALINDROMES ( reads the same on reverse)

Never odd or even.
Rotary gyrator.
Roy, am I mayor?
Ten animals I slam in a net.
Was it Elliot's toilet I saw.


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Irish sayings:
You have to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.

Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die.
Anything will fit a naked man.

He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday.

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CONTRADICTORY PROVERBS

Look before you leap.
He who hesitates is lost.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Out of sight, out of mind.

You're never too old to learn.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Better safe than sorry.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Do unto others as you would have otherd do unto you.
Nice guys finish last.

Many hands make light work.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The squeaky wheel gets the greese.
Silence is golden.

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picqueter
n. one who arranges artificial flowers for a living

Arnold Bennett was surprised to find no fresh flowers in George Bernard Shaw’s apartment.

“But I thought you were so fond of flowers,” he said.

“I am,” Shaw replied, “and I’m very fond of children too, but I don’t chop their heads off and stand them in pots about the house.”