Guess my rebusses

The word "rebus" comes from the Latin res (thing) and denotes representation of names, words and phrases by a images, figures, composition of letters, etc. This word came from the Latin phrase "Non verbis sed rebus", which means "Without words, but with the help of things".

Each of us certainly met with rebuses in everyday life. Undoubtedly, the most famous and popular puzzle looks like this : i ♥ u ( pronounced "I Love You"). Thus, in the modern sense, is a rebus puzzle, consisting of images of objects ( drawings in combination with other compositions and alphabetic characters ), congruent with the words or parts of words. Several puzzles can be combined into a single picture or in a sequence of patterns in order to create a phrase or sentence. In the literature for the preparation of proposals Rebus used letters, numbers, musical notes, or specially arranged words. Puzzles can transmit direct meaning of the words, mainly to inform or instruct the illiterate people, either intentionally obscure their meaning to inform only the initiated. However, most often used as a rebus puzzles and entertainment.

Using primitive images to convey information formed the basis of the earliest writing systems ancient Egyptian culture ( line 4th and 3rd millennia BC). The earliest form of rebus occurs in picturesque letter in which abstract words that are difficult to image, subjects were presented with images whose names were pronounced the same way. Later picture puzzles used to transmit the names of cities in the Greek and Roman coins. Puzzles remained popular in the Middle Ages - they appear on buildings or objects of ownership, to refer to generic names.

Practice to use as puzzles or riddles jokes originated in XV century France. Originally called rebus special kind of farce performances containing libels that clowns in Picardy amused people annually during the carnival. In allegorical form comedians ridiculed the vices and weaknesses of the mighty. Their performances authors gave the Latin name "De rebus quae geruntur", ie "One Day" (literally "on the cases which are being done")