Hello from NY

[ImmortalVoddoler]

I've been playing go for 4 years. I have enjoyed every game I've played, but I've lost the vast majority. I joined this website to improve, but I wouldn't mind having fun as well.


By the way, ImmortalVoddoler is a perfect anagram for Tom Marvolo Riddle

[jeromie]

Welcome to the site.

I you learn a lot and keep having fun!

[DrStraw]

Welcome. But please explain what an imperfect anagram would be.

[Kirby]

Welcome. But please explain what an imperfect anagram would be.

One that doesn't use all of the letters exactly once. So for his example, "immortal" is an imperfect anagram with "Tom Marvolo Riddle" - both have letters i, m, m, o, r, t, a, l, but the latter has extra characters, too.

[EdLee]

Welcome.

[DrStraw]

Welcome. But please explain what an imperfect anagram would be.

One that doesn't use all of the letters exactly once. So for his example, "immortal" is an imperfect anagram with "Tom Marvolo Riddle" - both have letters i, m, m, o, r, t, a, l, but the latter has extra characters, too.

Take directly from an online source:

Anagram Definition

Anagram is a form of word play in which letters of a word or phrase are rearranged in such a way that a new word or phrase is formed.


Anagram is formed by using exactly the same letters of the original word but with a different arrangement. For example, the letters in the word “Shakespeare” can be rearranged to form an anagram “Keshareapes”. However, an anagram in literature is not a nonsensical arrangement of words as in the previous example. Rather, it aims at parodying, criticizing or praising its subject i.e. the original word. For instance, a most famous anagram for “William Shakespeare” is “I am a weakish speller”.

Note the lack of reference to using only some of the letters.

[DrStraw]

Welcome. But please explain what an imperfect anagram would be.

One that doesn't use all of the letters exactly once. So for his example, "immortal" is an imperfect anagram with "Tom Marvolo Riddle" - both have letters i, m, m, o, r, t, a, l, but the latter has extra characters, too.

Taken directly from an online source:

Anagram Definition

Anagram is a form of word play in which letters of a word or phrase are rearranged in such a way that a new word or phrase is formed.

Anagram is formed by using exactly the same letters of the original word but with a different arrangement. For example, the letters in the word “Shakespeare” can be rearranged to form an anagram “Keshareapes”. However, an anagram in literature is not a nonsensical arrangement of words as in the previous example. Rather, it aims at parodying, criticizing or praising its subject i.e. the original word. For instance, a most famous anagram for “William Shakespeare” is “I am a weakish speller”.

Note the lack of reference to using only some of the letters. From the same article:

J.K. Rowling in her “Harry Potter Series” uses an anagram “I am Lord Voldemort” for her character Tom Marvolo Riddle to reveal the two different identities of the villain.

[Kirby]

I'd say, if someone doesn't distinguish between perfect and imperfect anagram, they are talking about perfect anagrams.

Imperfect anagrams aren't as cool, anyway.

[ImmortalVoddoler]

Just from reading this I can tell that this forum has awesome people as a part of it.


An imperfect anagram could also be one where the result contains different letters than the letters contained in the original.


Or maybe I just wanted to sound clever with my post so I put "perfect" there.

[DrStraw]

An imperfect anagram could also be one where the result contains different letters than the letters contained in the original.

Wouldn't that be a nonagram?