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		Palindromes ^Votes:0 PALINDROMES Did you figure it out?. . . Radar, sis, racecar, and Bob are each spelled the same way backwards and forwards. It becomes far more interesting when you have phrases and sentences which follow the same pattern and still make some kind of sense. Here are some examples. . . dumb mud so many dynamos Was it a cat I saw? Kayak salad - Alaska yak Ma has a ham. Rats live on no evil star. Madam, in Eden, I'm Adam. Lew, Otto has a hot towel! Able was I ere I saw Elba. (What Napoleon could have said.) Gateman sees name, garageman sees name tag. Poor Dan is in a droop. was it a car or a cat I saw? Too hot to hoot! Panda had nap A Toyota! Race fast, safe car. A Toyota Cigar? Toss it in a can. It is so tragic. On a clover, if alive, erupts a vast, pure evil, a fire volcano. A man, a plan, a Read More Go to Site


		Palindromes ^Votes:0 WA's P a l i n d r o m e s Page New additions are here at the top. Last updated: 25 Dec 2003 For a truly impressive compendium of palindromes, see PalindromeList.com See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding (Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age). - from song I Palindrome I , by either John Linnel or John Flansburgh, of They Might Be Giants Peel's foe, not a set animal, laminates a tone of sleep. - palindrome from Peter Blegvad, from the song Kew. Rhone A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac, a liar, a hoop, a pint, a catalpa, a gas, an oil, a bird, a yell, a vat, a caw, a pax, a wag, a tax, a nay, a ram, a cap, a yam, a gay, a tsar, a wall, a car, a luger, a ward, a bin, a woman, a vassal, a wolf, a tuna, a nit, a pall, a fret, a watt, a bay, a daub, a tan, a cab, a Read More Go to Site

		A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia ^Votes:0 A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia, Page 5 Last revision: Jan. 4, 2007 PALINDROMES This section is limited to single-word palindromes only. I appreciate contributions to this page, but I am not including sentences or phrases which are palindromes, since there are other websites which list large numbers of them. Principal contributors to this section are Dan Tilque, Stuart Kidd, Philip Bennett, and Charles Turner. TATTARRATTAT is the longest palindrome in the OED2, which calls it a nonce word. The OED2 shows a single use in 1922 by James Joyce in Ulysses : "I knew his tattarrattat at the door." KINNIKINNIK is the longest palindrome in W3. The OED2 shows these variant spellings: kinnikinnic, kinnikinnik, killegenico, kanickanick, kanikanik, killickinnick, kin(n)ikin(n)ick, -kineck, -ke Read More Go to Site

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		Palindrome Semiotics ^Votes:0 A Chronotope of Revolution: The Palindrome from the Perspective of Cultural Semiotics By Erika Greber (Univ. of Munich / UC Irvine) "Take the word ropot [murmur]," Cincinnatus' brother-in-law, the wit, was saying to him, "and read it backwards. Eh? Comes out funny, doesn't it?" [--? topor : the axe] - Voz'mi-ka slovo ropot , - govoril Cincinnatu ego shurin, ostriak, -- I prochti obratno. A? Smeshno poluchaetsia? Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading (1) In the following abstract, I propose to analyze the palindrome in terms of cultural semiotics and to explore the subliminal semantic concepts and metaphorological implications which are involved in the genre's postmodern renaissance and which articulate certain political anxieties (something which applies especially to the recent rise Read More Go to Site

		Palindrome: A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL: PANAMA ^Votes:0 Palindrome: A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL: PANAMA My Palindrome pages are moved to Read More Go to Site

		Palindromes ^Votes:0 The dream which occupies the tortuous mind of every palindromist is that somewhere within the confines of the language lurks the Great Palindrome, a nutshell which not only fulfils the intricate demands of the art, flowing sweetly in both directions, but which also contains the Final Truth of Things. Alistair Reid Palindromania is not a disorder but, rather, an evolutionary, passionate effort to cobble letters into order and truth. I say "evolutionary" because I believe that in our species is evolving a heightened wonderment at and facility with the universe of letters. We are getting better at making the alphabet dance. Richard Lederer, The Vocabula Review , January 2002, Vol. 4, No. 1 Palindromes They're very hard to write. My only major effort in this field is the following 30 Read More Go to Site

		Palindromes ^Votes:0 Palindromes Subscribe E-mail Words Bookshop Link to this Site Take Our Survey Add to Favorites BORED? Play our free word games – BOGGLE and HANGMAN Palindromes Palindromes are words or phrases that read the same in both directions, e.g. EYE ,or RACECAR , or MADAM I'M ADAM . Here are a few good ones: Do geese see God? Was it Eliot's toilet I saw? Murder for a jar of red rum. Some men interpret nine memos. Never odd or even. More palindromes here... We've divided our favourite palindromes and palindrome articles into these categories: What are palindromes? The Best Palindromes – some great examples A man, a plan, a canal – Panama and related palindromes Who first found the Panama palindrome? 2D Palindrome squares Word-unit palindromes Line-unit palindrome poem Brief history Read More Go to Site

		Palindromes — FactMonster.com ^Votes:0 Home World & News U.S. People Word Wise Science Math & Money Sports Cool Stuff Games & Quizzes Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Thanksgiving Say Thank You Advent Hanukkah Pearl Harbor Day Campaign 2008 Presidential Factfile International Space Station Most Polluted Places in the World Harry Potter Page Ranger's Apprentice NFL Team Profiles Fact Monster Blog! Science Projects Daylight Saving Time 2007 Calendar 2008 Calendar Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia FunBrain Word Wise > Speaking of Language Palindromes A palindrome is a word, phrase, or sentence that reads the same forward and backward. Here are some examples of palindromes. A Santa at NASA. Civic Dad Dee saw a seed. Hannah Kayak Madam Never odd or even Nurses run. radar Rise Read More Go to Site

		The Fishy-Palindromes... ^Votes:0 This is the Fishy-Palindrome Page 17/NOV 98 SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS (This square palindrome exists carved on a rock outside of Rome. Submitted by Steve Parker) 17/SEPT 96 Rail, Marian! I defiled docile Eli cod (deli-fed) in air, am liar! (thanks to: Mark Saltveit, editor of The Palindromist Magazine.) Note: For those who don't know yet, palindromes are words or group of words which read the same forwards or backwards, like: "Bob," or "Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas." In this page, naturally, they try to be fish-related. 22/JAN 96: "Peanuts' Legs" is Gel's Tuna EP. Runner up: Yo Bob, mug a gumbo boy. Some Noteworthy Previous F-Pal's: 22/DEC 95: I ham, I ham, yum -- muy "mahi mahi!" (thanks to: Steve LaFollette !) Runner up: Man maps yam snot and DNA. Tons may spam Nam. 02/NOV 95 Read More Go to Site

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