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Post by boatbuilder » Thu May 07, 2015 10:17 am

I was a well known English writer but 'I am a weakish speller'. Who am I?
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Post by Mel » Thu May 07, 2015 4:46 pm

William Shakespeare.
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Post by boatbuilder » Thu May 07, 2015 4:49 pm

Of course, Mel. Not my kind of writer though. :D
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Post by Mel » Thu May 07, 2015 4:53 pm

Nor mine Boatbuilder.

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Post by boatbuilder » Thu May 07, 2015 4:59 pm

I think you mean here Mel. 'My Lowestoft' :D

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Post by boatbuilder » Sun May 10, 2015 9:59 pm

No guesses so the answer to the above anagram is - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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boatbuilder wrote:Do you know who was an 'old man in a base'?
Osama Bin Laden the 'bold, mean Asian' ;)
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Post by boatbuilder » Sun May 10, 2015 10:21 pm

I thought that was another one Mel until I realised it was the same letters. :lol:

Do you know who is an 'Erotica Villainess'? She has nothing to do with motor racing, either.
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Post by Mel » Mon May 11, 2015 9:13 am

I needed some help with that one Boatbuilder as I had never ever heard of the lady, Alicia Silverstone. On getting hep I came across this name anagram 'Old West Action'.
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Post by boatbuilder » Mon May 11, 2015 11:27 am

Sounds like Clint Eastwood to me, Mel.

Was this politician 'That Great Charmer'?
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Post by nikkai » Wed May 13, 2015 7:59 pm

Margret Thatcher the milk snatcher isnt it?
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Post by boatbuilder » Wed May 13, 2015 10:07 pm

Yes that the one nikkai.

Now, did ‘Alma hide mum’ behind The Greatest?
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Post by Mel » Wed May 13, 2015 10:55 pm

Could it be Cassius Clay ;) ...Muhammad Ali Boatbuilder :)

Never more truer words written (in my case anyway :) ) 'Woman Hitler'
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Post by boatbuilder » Wed May 13, 2015 11:35 pm

You are 99% correct Mel except for the second 'a' in Muhammed which should be an 'e'. :D

Now I can't see a name in your 'Woman Hitler' so I guess it has to be your mother in law. :lol:

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Post by seagull » Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:32 pm

Winston churchill

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