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freespace ago

Thanks.

Less spectacular. But still!

Say you're a hockey player. What are the odds I can use your name to make an (almost exact) anagram that says "I love hockey"?

In other words: how hard is it to take a random person's name and make an anagram that states a known fact about that person?

Is James Alefantis = J'aime les enfants (minus 1 A) statistically remarkable? Does it defy the odds or not?

Can this be calculated?

DoNotGiveUp ago

Your calculation would have to include all languages that use the same or similar alphabet. I think a good test would be to see what other phrases could be made with those letters using different languages.

freespace ago

Good point, thanks.

I would venture that 3 or 4 languages could be considered sufficient for this calculation / test.

DC elites dig French. It's way up there with Spanish.