Article 90401 of rec.humor: Path: nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.claremont.edu!ucivax!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!olivea!hal.com!decwrl!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!robinson From: robinson@actrix.gen.nz (Tom Robinson) Newsgroups: rec.humor Subject: Re: palindromes Message-ID: <1993Feb24.195844.28748@actrix.gen.nz> Date: 24 Feb 93 19:58:44 GMT References: <1mbkmbINN124@nic.umass.edu> Organization: Actrix Information Exchange Lines: 46 In article <1mbkmbINN124@nic.umass.edu> MARKZ@UCSVAX.UCS.UMASS.EDU (Led Zeppelin is God) writes: > I was wondering if anyone knows any good palindromes ( words or A Fool, A Tool, A Pool; LOOPALOOTALOOFA! A man, a plan, a canal - Panama! -- Leigh Mercer A slut nixes sex in Tulsa Able was I ere I saw Elba -- Napoleon before he met his Waterloo Dennis and Edna sinned Dennis sinned Did I draw Della too tall, Edward? I did? Doc, note I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod Drat Saddam mad dastard Egad! A base tone denotes a bad age Eros' sis is sore Eros? Sidney, my end is sore! evil i did dwell, lewd did i live Go deliver a dare, vile dog God lived as a devil dog He goddam mad dog, eh? He won't, ah, wander, Edna. What now, eh? I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori Lepers repel Live dirt up a side track carted is a putrid evil Live evil Ma is a nun, as I am Madam, I'm Adam Madam, in Eden I'm Adam May a moody baby doom a yam? Murder for a jar of red rum "Naomi, sex at noon taxes," I moan Never odd or even No misses ordered roses, Simon Paget saw an Irish tooth, Sir, in a waste gap Rats drown in WordStar Rats live on no evil star Red rum, sir, is murder Rise to vote, sir Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas Sex at noon taxes Sit on a potato pan Otis! Step on no pets Straw no too stupid I put soot on warts Straw? No, too stupid a fad; I put soot on warts Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus -- Leigh Mercer Was it a rat I saw? "Yreka Bakery" Article 90481 of rec.humor: Path: nntp-server.caltech.edu!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!sdd.hp.com!caen!nic.umass.edu!titan.ucs.umass.edu!not-for-mail From: dprosser@titan.ucs.umass.edu (dp) Newsgroups: rec.humor Subject: Re: palindromes Date: 25 Feb 1993 01:47:04 -0500 Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1mhq18INNaen@titan.ucs.umass.edu> References: <1mbkmbINN124@nic.umass.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: titan.ucs.umass.edu In article <1mbkmbINN124@nic.umass.edu> MARKZ@UCSVAX.UCS.UMASS.EDU (Jello Biafra is God) writes: > I was wondering if anyone knows any good palindromes ( words or >sentences that read the same forwards and backwards.) > God lived as a devil dog. > Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas. (Soundgarden album) >-Z Go hang a salami -- I'm a lasagna hog. (not original, it's the title of some book on the subject.) dp ``We are not mentally unsound, Kluster-Chairman. We will not cause you any trouble. We only want a quiet place to finish working while God eats our brains.'' --- Bruce Stering, `Twenty Evocations' -- ___________________dp ==> dprosser@student.umass.edu______________________ Article 90526 of rec.humor: Newsgroups: rec.humor Path: nntp-server.caltech.edu!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!caen!uwm.edu!linac!att!mcdchg!ftpbox!mothost!white!sapphire.rtsg.mot.com!feldspar1!hamilton From: hamilton@rtsg.mot.com (Daniel Hamilton) Subject: Re: palindromes Message-ID: Sender: news@rtsg.mot.com Nntp-Posting-Host: feldspar1 Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group References: <1mbkmbINN124@nic.umass.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 16:04:54 GMT Lines: 18 MARKZ@UCSVAX.UCS.UMASS.EDU (Led Zeppelin is God) writes: > I was wondering if anyone knows any good palindromes ( words or > ... > Here are some I know. > God lived as a devil dog. > Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas. (Soundgarden album) Poor Dan is in a droop. A sign restricting use of the beach: NOW NO SWIMS ON MON (the above is not a palindrome in the strictest sense, however it is unique in that it reads the same if turned upside down. Or if you stand on your head :) any one know any more of those? The greatest palindrome comes from "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found Th ere", by the great Lewis Carroll: Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe All mimsy were the borogoves And the mome raths outgrabe Ebargtuo shtar emom eht dna Sevogorob eht erew ysmim lla Ebaw eht ni elbmig dna eryg did Sevot yhtils eht dna ,gillirb sawt. *** Article 90785 of rec.humor: Organization: Freshman, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Path: nntp-server.caltech.edu!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ssbc+ Newsgroups: rec.humor Message-ID: <4fXkC_u00WA1I3tJ0k@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1993 01:00:42 -0500 From: Sam Swett Subject: Re: palindromes Lines: 41 Here's a palindrome: [no way, I didn't invent it...] 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 datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal--Panama. --Dan Hoey, 'discovered' in 1984. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -sam | Blaahhhhhh..... | Six Line Sig Factory, model# A-0457 | | ssbc@andrew.cmu.edu | | Serial Number, 00000001 $9.95 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | P R O P E R T Y O F A P P L E C O M P U T E R | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article 90836 of rec.humor: Path: nntp-server.caltech.edu!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!not-for-mail!al162766 From: al162766@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Giraldo Hierro Sandoval) Newsgroups: rec.humor Subject: Re: palindromes Date: 1 Mar 93 22:00:41 GMT Organization: ITESM, Campus Monterrey Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <1mbkmbINN124@nic.umass.edu> <1993Feb26.135815.14246@b17news.b17a.ingr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: academ01.mty.itesm.mx I got this out of rec.humor more than a few months ago: Do good, I? No! Evil anon I deliver! I maim nine more Hero-Men in Saginaw; sanitary sword a-tuck, Carol, I... lo! Rack! Cut a drowsy Rat in Aswan. I gas nine more Hero-Men in Miami. Reviled, I (Nona), live on! I do, O God!! .there's no .sig like no .sig ************************************************ * Jerry Hierro, al162766@academ01.mty.itesm.mx * *************************************************.there's no .sig like no .sig Article 91190 of rec.humor: Path: nntp-server.caltech.edu!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!caen!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!uknet!comlab.ox.ac.uk!pete From: pete@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Pete Biggs) Newsgroups: rec.humor Subject: Re: palindromes Message-ID: <1993Mar5.080713.24062@physchem.ox.ac.uk> Date: 5 Mar 93 08:07:13 GMT References: <1mbkmbINN124@nic.umass.edu> <1993Mar4.160604.14621@physchem.ox.ac.uk> Sender: pete@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Pete Biggs) Organization: Physical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ Lines: 482 Originator: pete@joule.pcl This was posted late last year Sorry for the repost so soon - but if you want palindromes, then here's a few to keep you going! From: jejensen@alfred.carleton.ca (John Jensen) Date: 15 Dec 92 05:07:15 GMT -------------------------------------------------------------------- A dog, a plan, a canal: pagoda. Rats live on no evil star. Straw, no, to stupid a fad, I put soot on warts. I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori. Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Betty, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned. A man, a plan, a canal; Panama? A man, a plan, a cat, a canal; Panama? A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal--Panama! Go deliver a dare, vile dog. Doc note, I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod. PALINDROMIC POEM: Mood's mode! Pallas, I won! (Diaper pane, sold entire.) Melt till ever sere, hide it. Drown a more vile note; (Tar of rennet.) Ah, trowel, baton, eras ago. The reward? A "nisi." Two nag. Otary tastes putrid, yam was green. Odes up and on; stare we. Rats nod. Nap used one-erg saw. (May dirt upset satyr?) A toga now; 'tis in a drawer, eh? Togas are notable. (Worth a tenner for Ate`.) Tone liver. O Man, word-tied I. Here's revel! Little merit, Ned? Lose, Nap? Repaid now is all apedom's doom. Tarzan raised a Desi Arnaz rat. Able was I, ere I saw Elba! If I had a hi-fi A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, hero's, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again, or: a camel, a crepe, pins, spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal, Panama! Here is some information about a few palindromes related to the one you mention. As far as I know, the first person to put a cat in the canal was Jim Saxe, in his 9 October 1983 plan file. A man, a plan, a cat, a canal; Panama? Guy Jacobson added several items later that year. A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal--Panama! Guy's palindrome appears on page 127 of COMMON LISP, THE LANGUAGE (page 170 of the 2nd edition). The 2nd edition of COMMON LISP, THE LANGUAGE also contains the remarkable: A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again (or a camel), a crepe, pins, Spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal--Panama! which is presumably the work of Guy Steele, the book's author. I dredged up the problem in 1984, and discovered the following 540-word version with the help of a computer program that I wrote. 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 datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal--Panama. This was done with the Unix spelling dictionary and a fairly simple-minded program. With a better word list and a smarter program I'm sure the palindrome could be ten times as long. I am somewhat concerned that people have been redistributing these palindromes without attribution. Please don't do so. And if you get a copy of my palindrome without my name on it, I would appreciate it if you mention my objection to whoever sends it to you. Dan Hoey Hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil Rise to vote sir Madam I'm Adam A Toyota! Race fast, safe car. A Toyota You can cage a swallow can't you but you can't swallow a cage can you? Madam in Eden, I'm Adam. Sit on a potato pan, Otis. Top step's pup's pet spot. A fine snore, rare Ronsen IFA. A man, a plan, a canal, Panama! Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas. Cigar? Toss it in a can, it is so tragic. Unremarkable was I ere I saw Elba Kramer, nu? A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal - Panama! A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again (or a camel), a crepe, pins, Spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal - Panama! Aha! Oh, no! Don Ho! Bonk! One Mac. Newton sees not wen came (no knob). Lisa Bonet ate no basil. Toni Tennille fell in net. I, not! Vanna, wanna V? Man, Oprah's sharp on A.M. Damn! I, Agassi, miss again! Mad! (... Yawn.) Madonna Fan? No damn way! E. Borgnine drags Dad's gardening robe. Neil A. sees alien! The almanac can am laeth I'm runnin'! - Nurmi A man, a plan, a canal...Suez! Is Don Adams mad? (A nod.) Si! No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon. Alan Alda stops racecar, spots ad: "Lana-L.A." Bush saw Sununu swash sub. Cain: A maniac! Depardieu, go razz a rogue I draped. Ed, I saw Harpo Marx ram Oprah W. aside. I, Rasputin, knit up Sari. Let O'Hara gain an inn in a niagara hotel. Noriega can idle, held in a cage...Iron! O, geronimo, no minor ego! Plan no damn Madonna LP. Red lost case, Ma. Jesse James acts older. Sis, ask Costner to not rent socks "As Is"! So, G. Rivera's tots are virgos. T. Eliot nixes sex in toilet! To Idi Amin: I'm a idiot! A dog! A panic in a pagoda! A slut nixes sex in Tulsa. A tin mug for a jar of gum, Nita. Ah, Satan sees Natasha. Al lets Della call Ed Stella. amaryllis sillyrama Animal loots foliated detail of stool lamina. Bird rib. Bombard a drab mob. But sad Eva saved a stub. Camus sees sumac. Cigar? Toss it in a can, it is so tragic. Daedalus: nine, Peninsula: dead. Dairy myriad. Deirdre wets altar of St. Simons - no mists, for at last ewer dried. Denim axes examined. Dennis and Edna sinned. Dior droid. Drat Sadat, a dastard! Drat Saddam, a mad dastard! Draw, o coward! Egad! No bondage! Egad, an adage! emu fat sap pasta fume Enid and Edna dine: Eda Nomel's lemonade Bel Paese a pleb Parkay yak rap Feeble el beef Roti de pup editor Eel, urbane hen a brulee Self-furnace Pecan ruffles Eros? Sidney, my end is sore. Evil olive. Flee to me, remote elf. Flesh! Saw I Mimi wash self! Gert, I saw Ron avoid a radio-van - or was it Reg? Gnu dung. Go hang a salami! I'm a lasagna hog! God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog! God, a slap! Paris, sir, appals a dog. Goldenrod-adorned log Golf? No sir, prefer prison-flog. Gustav Klimt milk vats - ug! I maim Miami. I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori. I, zani Nazi. Jar a tonga, nag not a raj. Kay, a red nude, peeped under a yak. Kayak salad - Alaska yak. Lager, Sir, is regal. Laminated E.T. animal. Lay a wallaby baby ball away, Al. Lepers repel. "M" lab menial slain: embalm. Ma is a nun, as I am. Man, Eve let an irate tar in at eleven a.m. May a moody baby doom a yam? Mayhem, eh Yam? "Miry rim! So many daffodils," Delia wailed, "slid off a dynamo's miry rim!" Must sell at tallest sum. Naomi, did I moan? Ned, go gag Ogden. Never odd or even. No lemons, no melon. Nog eroded Oregon. Nosegay ages on. Now Ned, I am a maiden nun: Ned, I am a maiden won. O.E.D. or rodeo? Pa's a sap. Paganini: Din in A Gap. Party boobytrap. Poor Dan is in a droop. Red Nevada vendor. Reflog a golfer Reno loner "Reviled did I live," said I, "as evil I did deliver." Rise, take lame female Kate, sir. Rococo "R". Rot-corpse Sumatran art amuses proctor. Senile Felines Sex at noon taxes. Sex-aware era waxes. Sh, Tom sees moths. Sir, I soon saw Bob was no Osiris. Sis, Sargasso Moss a grass is. Sit on a potato pan, Otis. Sniff'um muffins. So, Ida, adios! Solo gigolos. Sore eye, Eros? Sore was I ere I saw Eros. Stab nail at ill Italian bats. Star comedy by Democrats. Stella won no wallets Step on no pets! Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Strategem: megatarts. straw warts T. Eliot, top bard, notes putrid tang emanating, is sad. "I'd assign it a name: gant dirt upset on drab pot toilet Tarzan raised Desi Arnaz' rat. Tense, I snap Sharon roses, or Norah's pansies net. Too bad, I hid a boot. Trafalgar rag: La Fart Tuna nut U.F.O. tofu. Viva le te de Tel Aviv Was raw tap ale not a reviver at one lap at Warsaw? We seven, Eve, sew. Yawn a more Roman way. Yell upset a cider: predicates pulley. Yo! Bottoms up, U.S. Motto, boy! FOREIGN LANGUAGE PALINDROMES (Latin) Subi dura a rudibus (endure rough treatement from uncultured brutes) Sator Arepo tenet opera rotas (The sower Arepo works with the help of a wheel.) (Finnish) Saippuakauppias (soap dealer) (the longest one word palindrome in the world!) suolatalous - salt economy iso rikas sika sokosakissa kirosi - a fat rich pig cursed in a poker gang isa, ala myy myymalaasi - father, don't sell your shop (two dots over those a's) (Welsh) Llad dafad dall (kill a blind sheep) (Swedish) Ni talar bra latin (you speak good Latin) -- ============================================================================= Pete Biggs :{) Janet: pete@uk.ac.ox.physchem Internet: pete@physchem.ox.ac.uk ============================================================================= Article 91296 of rec.humor: Organization: Freshman, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Path: nntp-server.caltech.edu!mustang.mst6.lanl.gov!data.nas.nasa.gov!eos!agate!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ssbc+ Newsgroups: rec.humor Message-ID: Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 23:29:17 -0500 From: Sam Swett Subject: List of Palindromes Lines: 272 The following was posted by chris@questrel.com (Chris Cole) on rec.puzzles. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This question is in the rec.puzzles Archive: ******** english/palindromes.s ******** The first words spoken were a palindrome: Madam, I'm Adam. or perhaps: Madam in Eden, I'm Adam. The response, of course, must have been: Eve Napolean's lament: Able was I ere I saw Elba. Has been improved with: Unremarkable was I ere I saw Elba, Kramer, nu? A fish is a: laminar animal Other palindromes in ascending length (drum roll please): Dennis sinned. Sir, I'm Iris. Sup not on pus. Name no one man. Naomi, did I moan? Enid and Edna dine. Revenge Meg? Never! No lemons, no melon. A Toyota's a Toyota. Ma is a nun, as I am. He harasses Sarah, eh? Niagara, O roar again! He lived as a devil, eh? Nurse, I spy gupsies, run! Sit on a potato pan, Otis! Slap a ham on Omaha, pals! A slut nixes sex in Tulsa. Rats live on no evil star. Ten animals I slam in a net. Go deliver a dare, vile dog. Was it a car or a cat I saw? Was it Eliot's toilet I saw? Al lets Della call Ed Stella. Draw, O Caeser, erase a coward. Did Eve salt an atlas? Eve did. No pinot noir on Orion to nip on. Naomi, sex at noon taxes! I moan. Evil I did dwell; lewd did I live. Yo, bad anaconda had no Canada boy . Egad! A base tone denotes a bad age. Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. Red dude kill lion. No ill-liked udder. I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori. To Peru, named llama mall 'De Manure Pot'. Straw? No, too stupid a fad. I put soot on warts. Now, Ned, I am a maiden nun; Ned, I am a maiden won. Here we no got conical ill lilac in octogon ewer, eh? Salamander a ton now. Raw war won not, a Red Nam, alas. Fool! A dog lives sad a boxer, Rex. O bad ass evil god aloof! 'Tenor Octopus Night' netted a cadet tenth ginsu pot, coronet. Won total, I am a pro. Bali radar I labor. Pa, mail a tot now! Yo, boy! Trap gnus, nude. 'Kangaroo Rag' naked unsung party, O boy! Did I strap red nude, red rump, also slap murdered underparts? I did! Doc, note: I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod. So regards Rat's Lib: regrets no more hero monster gerbil stars' drag Eros. Degas, are we not drawn onward, we freer few, drawn onward to new eras aged? Garret, I ogle. Enemy democrats party; trap star comedy men, eel goiter rag. Sagas emit taxes, rat snot, or pastrami. I'm Arts, a proton star - sex at times a gas. Dr. Ana, Cataracts. Uranium enema smarts if fist rams, Amen! Emu in a rust car at a canard. T. Eliot, top bard, notes putrid tang emanating, is sad; I'd assign it a name: gnat dirt upset on drab pot toilet. Those wonderful proper names: Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned. A poem: Mood's mode! Pallas, I won! (Diaper pane, sold entire.) Melt till ever sere, hide it. Drown a more vile note; (Tar of rennet.) Ah, trowel, baton, eras ago. The reward? A "nisi." Two nag. Otary tastes putrid, yam was green. Odes up and on; stare we. Rats nod. Nap used one-erg saw. (May dirt upset satyr?) A toga now; 'tis in a drawer, eh? Togas are notable. (Worth a tenner for Ate`.) Tone liver. O Man, word-tied I. Here's revel! Little merit, Ned? Lose, Nap? Repaid now is all apedom's doom. -- Hubert Phillips: Headmaster's Palindromic List on his Memo Pad: Test on Erasmus Dr of Law Deliver soap Stop dynamo (OTC) Royal: phone no.? Tel: Law re Kate Race Ref. Football. Caps on for prep Is sofa sitable on? Pots- no tops XI--Staff over Knit up ties ('U') Sub-edit Nurse's order Ned (re paper) Canning is on test (snub slip-up) Eve's simple hot dish (crib) Birch (Sid) to help Miss Eve Pupil's buns Reaper den T-set: no sign in a/c Use it Red roses Put inkspot on stopper Run Tide Bus? Prof.--no space Rev off at six Caretaker (wall, etc.) Noel Bat is a fossil Too mand d*** pots Lab to offer one 'Noh' play-- Wal for duo? (I'd name Dr. O) or 'Pals Reviled'? See few owe fees (or demand IOU?) Sums are not set. -- Joyce Johnson (_New_Statesman_ competition in 1967. 126 words, 467 letters) Some word (not letter) palindromes: So patient a doctor to doctor a patient so. Girl, bathing on Bikini, eyeing boy, finds boy eyeing bikini on bathing girl. In German: Ein Neger mit Gazelle zagt im Regen nie. In Serbo-Croat: Ana voli Milovana. Ana nabra par banana. Imena Amen nema, a me mi. U pero soli i los o repu. Ako jad moli silom daj oka. Odano mati pita: a ti pitam, o nado? Evo sam iza padam mada pazim asove. v v v v A krt u razu mi laze no one zalim u zaru trka. Palindromes in other languages that are palindromes in English: Hebrew: aba or abba, English: dad German: tat, English: deed The timeless classic: A man, a plan, a canal; Panama? Has been improved by: A dog, a plan, a canal: pagoda! -- anonymous A man, a plan, a cat, a canal; Panama? -- Jim Saxe, plan file @ CMU, 9 October 1983 A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal--Panama! -- Guy Jacobson, plan file @ CMU late 1983 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 datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal--Panama. --Dan Hoey, 'discovered' in 1984. 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Kunau) Subject: Re: palindromes Message-ID: <1993Mar8.182917.16662@medtron.medtronic.com> Sender: news@medtron.medtronic.com (USENET News Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: basil.pace.medtronic.com Organization: Medtronic, Inc. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] References: Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 18:29:17 GMT Lines: 103 From my fortune file: 11 * 181 = 1991 = 181 * 11 A dog! A panic in a pagoda! A man, a plan, a canal, Panama. A slut nixes sex in Tulsa. Able was I ere I saw Elba. aibohphobia [fear of palindromes] Aim a Toyota tatami mat at a Toyota, Mia. Anna: "Did Otto peep?" Otto: "Did Anna?" Anne, I vote more cars race Rome to Vienna. Dabale arroz a la zorra el abad (The abbot was giving rice to the fox) Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned. Devil Natasha, ah, Satan lived ! Did I draw Della too tall, Edward? I did? Doc, note I dissent, a fast never prevents a fatness, I diet on cod. Do geese see God? Do good? I? No! Evil anon I deliver: I maim nine more hero-men in Saginaw; sanitary sword a-tuck, Carol, I--lo!--rack, cut a drowsy rat in Aswan; I gas nine more hero-men in Miami; reviled I (Nona) live on. I do, O God! Drat Saddam mad dastard. Dr. Lime, 121 Emil Rd. Egad, a base life defiles a bad age. Egad! A base tone denotes a bad age. Emil saw a slime. Emordnilap palindrome. Eros' sis is sore. Eros? Sidney, my end is sore! Erotic, I gammon ever on, else partisan, I live evil in a sit. Rapes Lenore: venom magic I tore. Esope reste ici et se repose (Aesop is resting here and relaxing) Evil I did dwell, lewd did I live. Gateman's nametag. Go deliver a dare, vile dog. God saw I was dog. Golf? No sir, prefer prison flog. He goddam mad dog, eh? He stops spots, eh? He won snow, eh? He won't, ah, wander, Edna. What now, eh? I, man, am regal; a German am I. I prevent u-boats, tar, evil live rats, Tao, but never pi. I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori. I won, Karen, an era know I. Kay, a red nude, peeped under a yak. Lepers repel. Live dirt up a side track carted is a putrid evil. Lonely Tylenol. Ma has a ham. Ma is a nun, as I am. Ma is as selfless as I am. Madam, in Eden, I'm Adam. Marge lets Norah see Sharon's telegram. May a moody baby doom a yam? Murder for a jar of red rum. Name no one man. "Naomi, sex at noon taxes!", I moan. Never odd or even. Niagara, O roar again. No, I met System Ion. No, I tan, I'm at no contamination. No evil shah lives on. No, it is opposition. No pinot noir on orion to nip on. No, she stops spots, eh, son? Now I see bees I won. O, memsahib Bart, rabbi has memo. O, stone, be not so. Paget saw an Irish tooth, Sir, in a waste gap. Rats drown in WordStar. Rats live on no evil star Red rum, sir, is murder. Rise, sir lapdog! Revolt, lover! God, pal, rise, sir! Rise to vote, sir. Saippuakauppias. (Finnish word for "soap seller") Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. Senile felines Sir, I'm Iris. Sit on a potato pan, Otis. Sleep on no peels. Step on no pets. Stop, Syrian! I start at rats in airy spots. Straw? No, too stupid a fad. I put soot on warts... Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus. Swen, on gnus, sung no news. Ten animals I slam in a net. The fat cop spoke in a strange tongue:"Eugnot egnarts a ni ekops poc taf eht." Trap all afoot; I too fall apart. Vote to not slip up, refer pupils to note TOV. Was it a rat I saw? We few erase cares, Al; laser aces are we few. We repaid a no name Pacific ape man on a diaper, ew! Won't lovers revolt now? Yreka Bakery -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Timothy M. Kunau Bradycardia Pacing Net-Ops | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Internet: tim.kunau@medtronic.com Medtronic, Inc. | | UUCP: uunet!medtron!tk11957 MS-T480 | | AT&T: +1 612.574.3850 7000 Central Avenue NE | | FAX: +1 612.574.6177 Minneapolis, MN 55432 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | "Computers are useless. They only give you answers." - Picasso | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A dog, a plan, a canal: pagoda. Rats live on no evil star. Straw, no, to stupid a fad, I put soot on warts. I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori. Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Betty, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned. A man, a plan, a canal; Panama? A man, a plan, a cat, a canal; Panama? A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal--Panama! Go deliver a dare, vile dog. Doc note, I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod. PALINDROMIC POEM: Mood's mode! Pallas, I won! (Diaper pane, sold entire.) Melt till ever sere, hide it. Drown a more vile note; (Tar of rennet.) Ah, trowel, baton, eras ago. The reward? A "nisi." Two nag. Otary tastes putrid, yam was green. Odes up and on; stare we. Rats nod. Nap used one-erg saw. (May dirt upset satyr?) A toga now; 'tis in a drawer, eh? Togas are notable. (Worth a tenner for Ate`.) Tone liver. O Man, word-tied I. Here's revel! Little merit, Ned? Lose, Nap? Repaid now is all apedom's doom. Tarzan raised a Desi Arnaz rat. Able was I, ere I saw Elba! If I had a hi-fi A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, hero's, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again, or: a camel, a crepe, pins, spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal, Panama! Here is some information about a few palindromes related to the one you mention. As far as I know, the first person to put a cat in the canal was Jim Saxe, in his 9 October 1983 plan file. A man, a plan, a cat, a canal; Panama? Guy Jacobson added several items later that year. A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal--Panama! Guy's palindrome appears on page 127 of COMMON LISP, THE LANGUAGE (page 170 of the 2nd edition). The 2nd edition of COMMON LISP, THE LANGUAGE also contains the remarkable: A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again (or a camel), a crepe, pins, Spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal--Panama! which is presumably the work of Guy Steele, the book's author. I dredged up the problem in 1984, and discovered the following 540-word version with the help of a computer program that I wrote. 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 datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal--Panama. This was done with the Unix spelling dictionary and a fairly simple-minded program. With a better word list and a smarter program I'm sure the palindrome could be ten times as long. I am somewhat concerned that people have been redistributing these palindromes without attribution. Please don't do so. And if you get a copy of my palindrome without my name on it, I would appreciate it if you mention my objection to whoever sends it to you. Dan Hoey Hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil Rise to vote sir Madam I'm Adam A Toyota! Race fast, safe car. A Toyota You can cage a swallow can't you but you can't swallow a cage can you? Madam in Eden, I'm Adam. Sit on a potato pan, Otis. Top step's pup's pet spot. A fine snore, rare Ronsen IFA. A man, a plan, a canal, Panama! Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas. Cigar? Toss it in a can, it is so tragic. Unremarkable was I ere I saw Elba Kramer, nu? A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal - Panama! A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again (or a camel), a crepe, pins, Spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal - Panama! Aha! Oh, no! Don Ho! Bonk! One Mac. Newton sees not wen came (no knob). Lisa Bonet ate no basil. Toni Tennille fell in net. I, not! Vanna, wanna V? Man, Oprah's sharp on A.M. Damn! I, Agassi, miss again! Mad! (... Yawn.) Madonna Fan? No damn way! E. Borgnine drags Dad's gardening robe. Neil A. sees alien! The almanac can am laeth I'm runnin'! - Nurmi A man, a plan, a canal...Suez! Is Don Adams mad? (A nod.) Si! No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon. Alan Alda stops racecar, spots ad: "Lana-L.A." Bush saw Sununu swash sub. Cain: A maniac! Depardieu, go razz a rogue I draped. Ed, I saw Harpo Marx ram Oprah W. aside. I, Rasputin, knit up Sari. Let O'Hara gain an inn in a niagara hotel. Noriega can idle, held in a cage...Iron! O, geronimo, no minor ego! Plan no damn Madonna LP. Red lost case, Ma. Jesse James acts older. Sis, ask Costner to not rent socks "As Is"! So, G. Rivera's tots are virgos. T. Eliot nixes sex in toilet! To Idi Amin: I'm a idiot! A dog! A panic in a pagoda! A slut nixes sex in Tulsa. A tin mug for a jar of gum, Nita. Ah, Satan sees Natasha. Al lets Della call Ed Stella. amaryllis sillyrama Animal loots foliated detail of stool lamina. Bird rib. Bombard a drab mob. But sad Eva saved a stub. Camus sees sumac. Cigar? Toss it in a can, it is so tragic. Daedalus: nine, Peninsula: dead. Dairy myriad. Deirdre wets altar of St. Simons - no mists, for at last ewer dried. Denim axes examined. Dennis and Edna sinned. Dior droid. Drat Sadat, a dastard! Drat Saddam, a mad dastard! Draw, o coward! Egad! No bondage! Egad, an adage! emu fat sap pasta fume Enid and Edna dine: Eda Nomel's lemonade Bel Paese a pleb Parkay yak rap Feeble el beef Roti de pup editor Eel, urbane hen a brulee Self-furnace Pecan ruffles Eros? Sidney, my end is sore. Evil olive. Flee to me, remote elf. Flesh! Saw I Mimi wash self! Gert, I saw Ron avoid a radio-van - or was it Reg? Gnu dung. Go hang a salami! I'm a lasagna hog! God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog! God, a slap! Paris, sir, appals a dog. Goldenrod-adorned log Golf? No sir, prefer prison-flog. Gustav Klimt milk vats - ug! I maim Miami. I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori. I, zani Nazi. Jar a tonga, nag not a raj. Kay, a red nude, peeped under a yak. Kayak salad - Alaska yak. Lager, Sir, is regal. Laminated E.T. animal. Lay a wallaby baby ball away, Al. Lepers repel. "M" lab menial slain: embalm. Ma is a nun, as I am. Man, Eve let an irate tar in at eleven a.m. May a moody baby doom a yam? Mayhem, eh Yam? "Miry rim! So many daffodils," Delia wailed, "slid off a dynamo's miry rim!" Must sell at tallest sum. Naomi, did I moan? Ned, go gag Ogden. Never odd or even. No lemons, no melon. Nog eroded Oregon. Nosegay ages on. Now Ned, I am a maiden nun: Ned, I am a maiden won. O.E.D. or rodeo? Pa's a sap. Paganini: Din in A Gap. Party boobytrap. Poor Dan is in a droop. Red Nevada vendor. Reflog a golfer Reno loner "Reviled did I live," said I, "as evil I did deliver." Rise, take lame female Kate, sir. Rococo "R". Rot-corpse Sumatran art amuses proctor. Senile Felines Sex at noon taxes. Sex-aware era waxes. Sh, Tom sees moths. Sir, I soon saw Bob was no Osiris. Sis, Sargasso Moss a grass is. Sit on a potato pan, Otis. Sniff'um muffins. So, Ida, adios! Solo gigolos. Sore eye, Eros? Sore was I ere I saw Eros. Stab nail at ill Italian bats. Star comedy by Democrats. Stella won no wallets Step on no pets! Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Strategem: megatarts. straw warts T. Eliot, top bard, notes putrid tang emanating, is sad. "I'd assign it a name: gant dirt upset on drab pot toilet Tarzan raised Desi Arnaz' rat. Tense, I snap Sharon roses, or Norah's pansies net. Too bad, I hid a boot. Trafalgar rag: La Fart Tuna nut U.F.O. tofu. Viva le te de Tel Aviv Was raw tap ale not a reviver at one lap at Warsaw? We seven, Eve, sew. Yawn a more Roman way. Yell upset a cider: predicates pulley. Yo! Bottoms up, U.S. Motto, boy! FOREIGN LANGUAGE PALINDROMES (Latin) Subi dura a rudibus (endure rough treatement from uncultured brutes) Sator Arepo tenet opera rotas (The sower Arepo works with the help of a wheel.) (Finnish) Saippuakauppias (soap dealer) (the longest one word palindrome in the world!) suolatalous - salt economy iso rikas sika sokosakissa kirosi - a fat rich pig cursed in a poker gang isa, ala myy myymalaasi - father, don't sell your shop (two dots over those a's) (Welsh) Llad dafad dall (kill a blind sheep) (Swedish) Ni talar bra latin (you speak good Latin) Article 90785 of rec.humor: Organization: Freshman, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Path: nntp-server.caltech.edu!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ssbc+ Newsgroups: rec.humor Message-ID: <4fXkC_u00WA1I3tJ0k@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1993 01:00:42 -0500 From: Sam Swett Subject: Re: palindromes Lines: 41 Here's a palindrome: [no way, I didn't invent it...] 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 datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal--Panama. --Dan Hoey, 'discovered' in 1984. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -sam | Blaahhhhhh..... | Six Line Sig Factory, model# A-0457 | | ssbc@andrew.cmu.edu | | Serial Number, 00000001 $9.95 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | P R O P E R T Y O F A P P L E C O M P U T E R | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------