"What's in a word...."

Shakespeare and many others have said that. I can easily see why the English language is one of the most difficult languages to master, thanks to all of the 'exceptions' and double entendres and such.

Palindromes are phrases spelled the same backwards and forwards...the one I remember best is:

"A man, a plan, a canal: Panama"

With a little snooping I found a 'new' one that made me smile:

"Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas"

In my ADD/ENFP way, as I was writing today's post I mused if Sarah Palin were to be elected President, taking over affairs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and she kept attacking with unmanned planes, would they be Palindrones?

Then there are some anagrams I ran across, letters that when rearranged create totally new ones. Like "Bob". Rearrange them and you have "boB"...oh wait, bad example. Here are some good ones I recently read:

ELECTION RESULTS

becomes

LIES! LET'S RECOUNT!

GASTROENTEROLOGIST

becomes

I LET GO TORRENTS O' GAS!

THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA

becomes

I SPOT ONE GIANT FLAW HERE

THE MEANING OF LIFE

becomes

THE FINE GAME OF NIL

THE ROADRUNNER AND WILE E. COYOTE

becomes

TRY A CARTOON DUEL WHERE NONE DIE

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Speaking of words, something of a much larger nature is afoot (but not to be confused with Bigfoot). For the moment, that's all I'll say...but soon there will be a new kid on the block...