Re: SCWC 46 critics column
- From: Flying Tortoise <purple.mug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:24:32 -0800 (PST)
On Jan 12, 12:12 am, "Dave Baker" <N...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Flying Tortoise" <purple....@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jan 11, 2:59Â pm, goo...@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Jan 11, 1:24Â pm, robkings...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
A scuba diverse old computer? (6)
"Diverse" here doing double duty as both the anagram indicator and a
homophonic pun on the word "diver's".
Must admit that the explanation surprised, nay amazed, me! Not double
duty but neither one thing nor the other!
"Diverse - of a different kind or form. Synonyms - varied, manifold."
That seems to me to be a perfectly good anagram indicator. As for the humour
part, well I think it's a hoot and a holler but then I would coz I wrote it.
I'm not delirious about 'diverse' as an anagram indicator, it's true,
(I might be less critical of 'diversely') but what the heck does it
mean in the surface? It reads like a randomised fridge magnet message!
.
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