June 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 comments:

ShadyCharacter said...

Chemotherapy - "The Other Mother Therapy"

Moth, Rap

any others?

Fen said...

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

Ruth Anne Adams said...

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

al said...

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 said...

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 said...

Cool. I was worried you were researching chemo stuff.

Jeremy said...

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

Paul Brinkley said...

"Therapist".

Discuss.

KCFleming said...

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 said...

Che

amba said...

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

amba said...

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

Unknown said...

Absofrigginlutely amazing.

Steve Minor said...

Nauseating.

Unknown said...

Believe
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