# Bosda's Anagram. Guess my name.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 30, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734 "2006-05-30T14:09:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/21 "2006-05-30T23:57:12Z")

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Without looking at the other guesses.

Daniel Paul Bostaph

_snickers madly_

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### Author: ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/22 "2006-05-31T00:17:54Z")

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All right, see if you guys can guess mine:

Gobilnon Nosa Rishlaninn

First, middle, and last.

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### Author: ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/23 "2006-05-31T00:19:00Z")

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:smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack:

Mods, could you fix that?

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### Author: ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/24 "2006-05-31T12:16:21Z")

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> [@Rysdad](#):
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> Daniel Paul Potbash
> 
> _Reefer party at Danny’s house!_

No.

\< slaps Stoner with Wet Trout \>  
\<Hard\>  
😛

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### Author: ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/25 "2006-05-31T14:40:48Z")

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> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> **No Peeking If You Ain’t Guessed Yet!**
> 
> You got the first parts right!

Uh… Bathsop? :dubious:

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### Author: ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/26 "2006-05-31T14:42:01Z")

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> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#):
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> Uh… Bathsop? :dubious:

Nope.  
But your a little closer.

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### Author: ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/27 "2006-05-31T14:49:29Z")

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Bathops!

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### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/28 "2006-05-31T14:55:28Z")

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I see the last name Bostaph in the phone directory, could you be Daniel Paul Bostaph? If so, do you pronounce it as Bow-Staff? That would be kind of cool.

Jim

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### Author: ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/29 "2006-05-31T17:19:46Z")

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> [@What Exit?](#):
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> I see the last name Bostaph in the phone directory, could you be Daniel Paul Bostaph? If so, do you pronounce it as Bow-Staff? That would be kind of cool.
> 
> Jim

Bingo.

You win the prize.

[Here’s the prize: your new, mail-order Spouse!](http://www.blessed2bless.us/images/by-others/three-little-pigs/pig-teeth.jpg)

Many good wishes to the happy couple!

😃

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### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/30 "2006-05-31T17:40:41Z")

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> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> Bingo.
> 
> You win the prize.
> 
> [Here’s the prize: your new, mail-order Spouse!](http://www.blessed2bless.us/images/by-others/three-little-pigs/pig-teeth.jpg)
> 
> Many good wishes to the happy couple!
> 
> 😃

I did the easy part. I only had to work with 7 letters and the AT&T Directory. Kythereia did the real work. So what about the pronunciation?

Jim

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### Author: ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/31 "2006-05-31T17:47:51Z")

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> [@What Exit?](#):
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> I did the easy part. I only had to work with 7 letters and the AT&T Directory. Kythereia did the real work. So what about the pronunciation?
> 
> Jim

OK, no biggie, **Kythereia** gets the smokehouse romance package.

Pronounced BO-staff.

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### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/32 "2006-05-31T17:51:05Z")

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> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> OK, no biggie, **Kythereia** gets the smokehouse romance package.
> 
> Pronounced BO-staff.

So we can officially consider you disarming. 🆒

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### Author: ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/33 "2006-05-31T18:31:59Z")

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> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> OK, no biggie, **Kythereia** gets the smokehouse romance package.

I’m… thrilled?  
Seriously, anybody want to have a go at mine? (Thank you, Mod! _worships_)

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### Author: ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/34 "2006-05-31T19:19:00Z")

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> [@Kythereia](#):
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> Seriously, anybody want to have a go at mine?

Rhiannon Nina Goossbil ?

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### Author: ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/35 "2006-05-31T19:27:50Z")

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Gina Rhiannon Nobillsson?

I could swear you mentioned your first or second name being Rhiannon…

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### Author: ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/36 "2006-05-31T19:33:30Z")

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**kytheria**

You real name is:

'In snarling on halo in snob

What do I win?

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### Author: ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/37 "2006-05-31T19:35:37Z")

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Gobilnon Nosa Rishlaninn  
ummmm… Rhino Bangs Loins Lain On?

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### Author: ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/38 "2006-05-31T19:39:34Z")

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\*\*A BOLOGNA HRS NIL IN SIN NON  
\*\*

Clearly her name is code for: Eating mystery meat until it is gone is a sin.  
Repent!

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### Author: ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/39 "2006-05-31T19:45:47Z")

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> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> Repent!

Never. 😉

I’m going for work now, until midnight (EST). I leave you with the fact that Rhiannon is really, really pretty, but it’s not a name of mine.

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### Author: ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-anagram-guess-my-name/358734/40 "2006-05-31T19:47:11Z")

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Daniel Paul Bassot?

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