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#173701 02/19/08 07:25 AM
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Wanting some help to solve an anagram
The anagram is the first sentence in a classical novel.
"white fishes waste water bottoms it"

Jac #173704 02/19/08 11:30 AM
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Good luck. And welcome.

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There are tools for doing this. This very site offers one (link). Others may be found by googling. Welcome.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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welcome!

I immediately think of Moby Dick.


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Jac #173708 02/19/08 01:10 PM
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Welcome, Jac.

What's the novel? And can you (or somebody) parse it? I sure can't...

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Originally Posted By: etaoin
welcome!

I immediately think of Moby Dick.


Yeahbut that's "Call me Ishmael."

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Originally Posted By: AnnaStrophic
Originally Posted By: etaoin
welcome!

I immediately think of Moby Dick.


Yeahbut that's "Call me Ishmael."


well, I didn't say I was right.


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Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
There are tools for doing this. This very site offers one )link). Others may be found by googling. Welcome.

Ha!Fun. The tool in that link only takes 28 letters.
So I cut off the plural from 'fishes'.
Then it comes up with a crazy 1000 outcomes.
All complete nonsense. So how could adding the missing e and s put any sense into this?

Tool link

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It was the best of times it was the wor

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thanks thats a great help
A Tale of Two Cities..
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