Hunyo 5, 2007

Words inside words.

Have you ever suddenly noticed a word inside another word? Computer words searches make this a more frequent occurrence. I just noticed the familiar word inside "chemotherapy."

15 komento:

ShadyCharacter ayon kay ...

Chemotherapy - "The Other Mother Therapy"

Moth, Rap

any others?

Fen ayon kay ...

Hope that's not a hidden msg in your post Ann.

Ruth Anne Adams ayon kay ...

Shadycharacter:"emote" if you get the aitch outta' there.

al ayon kay ...

Hope that's not a hidden msg in your post Ann.

Yep. Interesting choice of a word to dissect. Hope everything is ok.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Fen: No. My mother is dead, so there will be no news there. I was searching an article about someone for some info on who his mother was, and a search for "mother" found the word highlighted inside "chemotherapy."

Fen ayon kay ...

Cool. I was worried you were researching chemo stuff.

Jeremy ayon kay ...

If you start doing Cryptic Crosswords you start to notice these more often.

Paul Brinkley ayon kay ...

"Therapist".

Discuss.

KCFleming ayon kay ...

1. Mother stands for comfort. ~Kate Bush
Chemother does not.

2. "And remember, with our friend, Mr. Apostrophe, we can change
manslaughter into man's laughter".
~John Candy as Mr. Jester in Mrs. Falbo's Tiny Town

J ayon kay ...

Che

amba ayon kay ...

I saw "moth." I didn't even see "mother."

amba ayon kay ...

If you take "mother" out of the middle it leaves "Cheapy."

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Absofrigginlutely amazing.

Steve Minor ayon kay ...

Nauseating.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Believe
lie

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