freespace

Ok. Found this sentence in the Acknowlegments section of David Brock's 2002 memoir: "David A. Alefantis makes my life beautiful."

David A. Alefantis = J'aime les enfants.

This one is a perfect match.

OK. Odd. I want to know how difficult it is to take 14 letters and assemble them to say something very specific. If those odds are crazy low, then this is significant.

Do we have an assumed name here?

freespace

That's ok, I'm here for open discussion. I'm also after facts. They matter above all else.

I think there is a real possibility that JA is an assumed name. If it is indeed, we may learn the real name and find out more about his past.

This picture from Instagram is interesting. T-shirt says: "J'aime l'enfant".

freespace

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

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

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.

sentryseven

Yeah, I noticed it too. It's kind of a code or just damn uncanny.

0110110101100101

Uncanny!