# Write a sentence using anagrams that have a different amount of syllables **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 22, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292 "2009-05-22T12:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/21 "2009-05-23T12:08:06Z")
That was _one neo eon_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/22 "2009-05-23T15:40:02Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Her name _may_ be _Amy_. and she likes a good _yam_ It’s a _dire_ situation and I need a _ride_ to the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/23 "2009-05-23T15:57:00Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > and she likes a good _yam_ > > It’s a _dire_ situation and I need a _ride_ to the hospital. Don’t tell me, let me guess – “dire” is also two syllables? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/24 "2009-05-23T18:07:05Z")
The mad _hatter_ was a _threat_ to Batman. The _Masters_ golf course has several _streams_. Did you _relace_ your shoes before or after you ate your _cereal_. I _wrote_ the song about the _tower_. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/25 "2009-05-23T18:25:54Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > The mad _hatter_ was a _threat_ to Batman. > > The _Masters_ golf course has several _streams_. > > Did you _relace_ your shoes before or after you ate your _cereal_. > > I _wrote_ the song about the _tower_. _ **notfrommensa** _ creates anagrams in _front_ of _Sean_ and his _mom_. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/26 "2009-05-23T19:57:25Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > _ **notfrommensa** _ creates anagrams in _front_ of _Sean_ and his _mom_. huh? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/27 "2009-05-23T20:32:10Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Don’t tell me, let me guess – “dire” is also two syllables? 😕 In what region is it not? I pronounce it die-er. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/28 "2009-05-23T22:03:17Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > huh? **notfrommensa** creates anagrams in **front** of **Sean** and his **mom**. front, Sean, mom = notfrommensa I know it doesn’t fulfull the rules of the OP, but I thought it was cool. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/29 "2009-05-23T22:18:45Z")
The treed quarry does not deter the hunter. Why on Earth would you listen to a hater? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/30 "2009-05-23T22:46:29Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Is the United States coming untied? No, but the United States is unattested ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/31 "2009-05-24T02:00:09Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > In what region is it not? I pronounce it die-er. Although “dire” may be pronounced with two sounds, it is grammatically a one-syllable word – if you look it up in the dictionary, the entry is “dire, dir/er, dir/est.” Thus, for instance, you can break the latter two words if you run out of room at the end of a line of printed text, but you can’t break “dire.” Since this is a game, of course, y’all can define “syllable” as you like – but strictly speaking, it’s by morpheme and not by pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/32 "2009-05-24T02:35:13Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > **notfrommensa** creates anagrams in **front** of **Sean** and his **mom**. > > OK LOL, just never thought of my alias as a “word” > > front, Sean, mom = notfrommensa > > I know it doesn’t fulfull the rules of the OP, but I thought it was cool. OK LOL, just never thought of my alias as a “word”:smack: ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/33 "2009-05-24T04:28:13Z")
Modern churches use clear glass **instead** of **stained**. Fathers sometimes expected to be **praised** to the heavens for changing a few **diapers**. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/34 "2009-05-24T04:32:04Z")
The king fled from his **throne** when he saw a **hornet.** ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/35 "2009-05-24T12:15:08Z")
Every bridge this season is wearing a _Dolly Lloyd Levi Live Evil Veil_ ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/36 "2009-05-24T12:27:26Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Since this is a game, of course, y’all can define “syllable” as you like – but strictly speaking, it’s by morpheme and not by pronunciation. How many morphemes are there in home perms? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/37 "2009-05-25T15:00:59Z")
Is this the only terroristic _era_, or _are_ there others? Time in the _village_ of Brigadoon had an _evil lag_. The zombie said "I want to eat your _brain, Brian_. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/38 "2009-05-25T15:31:18Z")
The vimto had gone bad and made us vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/39 "2009-05-25T15:40:20Z")
> [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](#): > > The vimto had gone bad and made us vomit. Okay, which of those is pronounced with one or three syllables? 😕 A Sherpa will drop the word “mountain” into every possible phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-sentence-using-anagrams-that-have-a-different-amount-of-syllables/497292/40 "2009-05-25T19:42:41Z")
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