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before the other anagrammers get to it....
I am "lamely, blackly named" Mykael Dyllan Cambel. (not meaning to insult your Satanic naming method, Nan ;)
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Wow everyone is doing it now, including Mike :)))
The way things are headed, our favorite web site will soon be renamed: "Behind the Name: the etymology, history and anargammatization of first names"Here are some goodies pinched from the OED:"Heaven descends into the Bowels of the Earth, and, to make up the Anagramm, the Graves open and the Dust ariseth." (Cleveland, 1659)"The Cabbalists among the Jews are professed anagrammists." (Chambers, 1727–51)"The practice of anagrammatism was by no means uncommon among the Greeks." (H. B. Wheatley, 1862)"Calvin anagrammatized his name, ‘Rabelaesius’ into Rabie Laesus [Afflicted with madness]." (1862 Macm. Mag. Nov. 23)"Louis XIII appointed the Provençal Thomas Billen to be his Royal Anagrammatist." (Southey Doctor clxxix.,1862)"Whatsoever he parrot (or if you will have it anagrammatically) prater-like twattles." (Charac., 1660)"The question put by Pilate to Jesus Christ: Quid est veritas? which anagrammatically makes, Est vir qui adest." (Chambers Cycl, 1751)
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Ain't it spooky? :)And, since I've designated myself the Official Native American Name-Giver Via Anagrams person on this board, here's your American Indian name!"Mike Dylan Campbell"="Danby Climm Pale Elk"-- Nella Renae Apache
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