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===Pseudonyms=== Anagrams are connected to pseudonyms, by the fact that they may conceal or reveal, or operate somewhere in between like a mask that can establish identity. For example, [[Jim Morrison]] used an anagram of his name in [[the Doors]] song "[[L.A. Woman (song)|L.A. Woman]]", calling himself "Mr. Mojo Risin'".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01278z4 |title=Mr Mojo Risin' |date= June 29, 2011 |work=[[BBC Radio 2]] |access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref> The use of anagrams and fabricated personal names may be to circumvent restrictions on the use of real names, as happened in the 18th century when [[Edward Cave]] wanted to get around restrictions imposed on the reporting of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/pooleyj.html |title=Institute of Historical Research (IHR) home page |access-date=7 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043325/http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/pooleyj.html |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In a genre such as [[farce]] or [[parody]], anagrams as names may be used for pointed and satiric effect. Pseudonyms adopted by authors are sometimes transposed forms of their names; thus "[[John Calvin|Calvinus]]" becomes "Alcuinus" (here V = U) or "[[François Rabelais]]" = "Alcofribas Nasier". The name "[[Voltaire]]" of François Marie Arouet fits this pattern, and is allowed to be an anagram of "Arouet, l[e] j[eune]" (U = V, J = I) that is, "Arouet the younger". Other examples include: * "[[Damon Albarn]]" = "Dan Abnormal" * "[[Dave Barry]]" = "Ray Adverb" * "[[Arrigo Boito]]" = "Tobia Gorrio" * "[[Buckethead]]" = "Death Cube K" * "[[Daniel Clowes]]" = "[[Enid Coleslaw]]" * "Marguerite (de) Crayencour" = "[[Marguerite Yourcenar]]" * "[[Siobhán Donaghy]]" = "Shanghai Nobody" * "[[Glen Duncan]]" = "Declan Gunn"<ref>[[I, Lucifer (Glen Duncan)]]</ref> * "[[Dr. Seuss|(Theodor) Geisel]]" = "(Theo) Le Sieg" * "[[Edward Gorey]]" = "Ogdred Weary", = "Regera Dowdy" or = "E. G. Deadworry" (and others) * "[[Tales of the City|Anna Madrigal]]" = "A man and a girl" * "[[Ted Morgan (writer)|Ted Morgan]]" = "(Sanche) de Gramont" * "[[Lorin Morgan-Richards]]" = "Marcil d'Hirson Garron" * "[[Vladimir Nabokov]]" = "Vivian Darkbloom", = "Vivian Bloodmark", = "Blavdak Vinomori", or = "Dorian Vivalkomb" Several of these are "imperfect anagrams", letters having been left out in some cases for the sake of easy pronunciation.
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