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Originally Posted by jollydwarf
Wombat, I believe you were thinking of an acronym, not an anagram. The game title F.E.A.R. would be an example of the former, as is a word like "sonar", which stands for SOund Navigation And Ranging. Of course, there's also a favorite of many, NORML. Not that those type of people game, mind you.
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I haven't played the Da Vinci Code, nor do I plan to, but to me it sounded like both Cheapy and Wombat were describing an anagram (even though each thought they were describing something different). Basically anagrams use the letters in a given word or phrase (or even a random selection of letters) to form another word or phrase, such as turning "Nintendo" into "dot nine" (and if I was good at them I could actually come up with something that made sense).
And while we're at it, there's a difference between an acronym, which is a
pronouncable word formed from (usually) the first letters of the words in a phrase (e.g.,
North
American
Free
Trade
Agreement) and initialism or alphabetism, which is simply the abbreviation of a phrase using its first letters (e.g., PTA, MLB, YTMND).
Anyway, I did want to say that this was one of the best shows in a while (and that's saying something because they've never dipped in quality). I'm with Wombat: I get most of my DS time while my wife is watching one of her shows or when she's taking a nap. I think that's the power of a handheld, as you don't have to commit to it as fully as a console. You don't necessarily have to take a train, bus, or plane every day to enjoy one. There's nothing wrong with playing it at home.
I really need to stop listening to the show while driving. I'm becoming a danger to myself and others. First, it was the love knife. Yesterday, the bukakke bit nearly sent me into a bridge abutment.
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