Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxq!ken From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) Newsgroups: net.puzzle,net.nlang Subject: another anagram Message-ID: <668@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 20:09:05 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxq.668 Posted: Wed Feb 15 20:09:05 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Feb-84 05:49:02 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 23 A few months ago there was an article about Douglas Hofstedter and AI in the New York Times Magazine. He tells of doing an anagram: "LOONDERK". He mentions that he quickly came up with "KNOODLER". He goes on to say how that really looks like a word, that his brain didn't want to leave it for more foreign combinations. The next several paragraphs are devoted to how humans solve anagrams different from the grind-em-out permutations of computer programs. But there's no more reference to the anagram. I've been tearing my hair out for weeks over it. I'm quite sure of the anagram as quoted, though I don't remember Hofstedter's reference to where he found it. I think it was a newspaper puzzle-page thing. LOONDERK. Any takers? Incidentally, the "ROAST MULES" anagram of a few days ago is, in comparison, trivial. I'll *GLADLY* trade the answer to "ROAST MULES" for "LOONDERK". -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 15 Feb 84 [26 Pluviose An CXCII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7261 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***