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Important message
From:
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 08:33:42 PST
By the fall of this year, my book, "Words At Play: Quips, Quirks, and
Oddities," will be available at major bookstores and libraries through
Sterling Publishing (ISBN: 0-8069-9791-5). The compilation will
include anagrams, palindromes, spoonerisms, word squares (and other
"forms"), puzzles, and humorous anecdotes about words. The book will
also include the names of those who penned them, the publications in
which they first appeared, and dates. (Most of the sources of the
palindromes have never been published in book form. Many predate those
credited to Leigh Mercer and Dmitri A. Borgmann.)
O.V. Michaelsen (Ove Ofteness)
P.O. Box 213
Whiting, NJ 08759-9998
ovmichaelsen@juno.com
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International Palindromes
Version : 2.07a [26 Sep 1997]
Compiler: jopi@stekt.oulu.fi
Here is the bare Ascii version
*** A suitable FTP site is still sought. ***
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Index
0. What's a palindrome
1.1 The most widely known palindromes
1.2 The longest palindromes
2. Palindromes in English
See also http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~langkjen/Pdromes/
(previously Beej's page)
See also A Friend In Need Is 'De Ennid Neirfa' Backwards
2.1 Short English palindromes
2.2 Longer English palindromes
2.3 Two-dimensional English palindromes
2.4 A man, a plan...
3. Palindromes in other languages
3.1 Finnish
See also Antti Koivumäki's palindromes and complete link list
See also Alivaltiosihteeri's palindromes
See also http://www.jiop.fi/~juerhe/palindromit.html
See also Rankaisija & Moe
See also Palidromes with pictures
3.2 Danish
3.3 Dutch
3.4 French
3.5 German
See also http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~leo/palindrom
3.6 Greek
3.7 Indonesian
3.8 Italian
3.9 Japanese
3.10 Latin
3.11 Norwegian
3.12 Portuguese (Brasil)
3.13 Romania
3.14 Slovak
3.15 Spanish
3.16 Swedish
3.17 Turkish
See www.uwm.edu/~akbulut/palindrom.html#turkce
3.18 Welsh
4. Special Palindromes
4.1 Movies
4.2 Palindromic Pictures
5. Credits
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0. What is a palindrome
PALINDROME /pal'in-drom'/
n. 1. A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward
or forward.
A palindrome is a sentence that can be read backwards and it's meaning
still remains. It is commonly accepted that the punctuation and spacing
may change while reversing the words, though.
For example:
% echo "Rats live on no evil star." | rev
.rats live on no evil staR
Below is a simple C program source for testing palindromes.
You need to uudecode, gunzip and compile it.
[ Editor: the uuencoded, gzipped C program (pal.c.gz) is omitted. ]
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1.1 The most widely known palindromes
The most frequently posted English palindromes (over 20% of them):
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama! (and variants)
Able was I ere I saw Elba.
Doc note, I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.
Straw, no too stupid a fad, I put soot on warts.
Rats live on no evil star.
He goddam mad dog, eh?
Madam, I'm Adam.
Name no one man.
T. Eliot, top bard, notes putrid tang emanating, is sad:
"I'd assign it a name: gant dirt upset on drab pot toilet"
And the most famous Finnish ones (see 3.1 for the rest):
Saippuakauppias
Innostunut sonni
1.2 The longest palindromes
An ancient (1985) Guinness Book of Records says the longest one-word
palindromes in the English language are "Redivider" (9 letters) and the
contrvied chemical term "detartrated" (11 letters).
It says also that the longest composition is 65 000 words long, beginning
"Rae hits Eb, sire..." and ends "...Beer is best, I hear.", written by
Edward Benbow in 1983.
In Finnish, we have Solutomaattimittaamotulos (25 letters) i.e. the result
from a measurement laboratory for tomatoes. It is a compound of 4 words,
actually.
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2. Palindromes in English
2.1 Short English palindromes ... with duplicates removed.
(... Yawn.) Madonna Fan? No damn way!
11 * 181 = 1991 = 181 * 11
A Fool, A Tool, A Pool; LOOPALOOTALOOFA!
A TOYOTA (It's also visually semetric)
A Toyota! Race fast, safe car. A Toyota
A Toyota's a Toyota.
A dog! A panic in a pagoda!
A dog, a plan, a canal: pagoda.
A fine snore, rare Ronsen IFA.
A foof, a man, a plan, a canal, Panama foofa!
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!
A nail was I ere I saw Liana.
A new order began, a more Roman age, bred Rowena.
A rod was I ere I saw Dora.
A slut nixes sex in Tulsa.
A tin mug for a jar of gum, Nita.
ABBA
Able was I ere I saw Elba. (Attr. to Napoleon B.).
Ah, Satan Sees Natasha.
Al, I name Manila.
Aha!
Aibohphobia (The fear of palindromes)
Aim a Toyota tatami mat at a Toyota, Mia.
Al lets Della call Ed Stella.
Alan Alda stops racecar, spots ad: "Lana-L.A."
Amaryllis sillyrama
Animal loots foliated detail of stool lamina.
Anna: "Did Otto peep?" Otto: "Did Anna?"
Anne, I vote more cars race Rome to Vienna.
Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
Avid Allen spots a Toyota, stops Nell a diva. - James Wolf
Bird rib.
Bishop made lame female damp? Oh, Sib!
Bombard a drab mob.
Bonk! One Mac. Newton sees not wen came (no knob).
Bush saw Sununu swash sub.
Busy van notes radar: a wastrel, alert, saw a radar set on navy sub.
But sad Eva saved a stub.
Cain: A maniac!
Campus motto: Bottoms up, Mac.
Camus sees sumac.
Cigar? Toss it in a can. It is so tragic.
Daedalus: nine, Peninsula: dead.
Dairy myriad.
Damn! I, Agassi, miss again! Mad!
Debra wrote Emma, but nixes sex in tub. A.M. meet? Or war bed?
Deirdre wets altar of St. Simons - no mists, for at last ewer dried.
Denim axes examined.
Dennis and Edna sinned.
Dennis sinned.
Dennis, no Misfit can act if Simon sinned.
Depardieu, go razz a rogue I draped.
Detartrated
Devil lived.
Devil Natasha, ah, Satan lived !
Did Eve salt an atlas? Eve did.
Did I do, O God, did I as I said I'd do ? Good, I did.
Did I draw Della too tall, Edward? I did?
Dior droid.
Do geese see God?
Do nine men interpret ? - "Nine men !" I nod.
Do not start at rats to nod.
Doc, note: I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.
Dr. Ana, Cataracts. Uranium enema smarts if fist rams, Amen! Emu in a rust car at a canard.
Dr. Awkward - James Lovejoy
Dr. Lime, 121 Emil Rd.
Drat Sabatini! Tennis sin! Net in it! A bastard!
Drat! Suck cock custard!
Drat Sadat, a dastard!
Drat Saddam mad dastard.
Drat Saddam, a mad dastard!
Drat such custard!
Draw Ward
Draw no llama a mall onward.
Draw! oh, save Eva's Howard!
Draw, o coward!
Drowsy baby's word.
Dumb mobs bomb mud.
DuPont ego? Get no pud.
E. Borgnine drags Dad's gardening robe.
Ed, I saw Harpo Marx ram Oprah W. aside.
Egad! No bondage!
Egad, a base life defiles a bad age.
Egad, an adage!
Emil, a sleepy baby peels a lime.
Emil saw a slime.
Emil's niece in slime
Emit no gas, Otto: got to sag on time.
Emordnilap palindrome.
Emu fat sap pasta fume
Eros bonk mad dog, goddam knob sore
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.
Eva, can I stab bats in a cave ?
Evil I did dwell, lewd did I live.
Evil era, Stacy; cats are live.
Evil olive.
Evil rats on no star live (attr. to Luke Skywalker)
Flee to me, remote elf.
Flesh! Saw I Mimi wash self!
Fool! A dog lives sad a boxer, Rex. O bad ass evil god aloof!
Garret, I ogle. Enemy democrats party; trap star comedy men, eel goiter rag.
Gateman's nametag.
Gert, I saw Ron avoid a radio-van - or was it Reg?
Gnu dung.
Go deliver a dare, vile dog.
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog.
God lived as a devil dog.
God saw I was dog.
God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!
God! Nate bit a Tibetan dog!
God, a slap! Paris, sir, appals a dog.
Goldenrod-adorned log
Golf? No sir, prefer prison flog.
Gustav Klimt milk vats - ug!
Hanah, Hanah, Hanah!
Harpoons away! Ya, was no Oprah.
Harass Sarah!
He goddam mad dog, eh?
He lived as a devil, eh?
He stops spots, eh?
He won snow, eh?
He won't, ah, wander, Edna. What now, eh?
Here we no got conical ill lilac in octogon ewer, eh?
I, lab boss, sob, "Bali!"
I maim Miami.
I maim nine men in Miami.
I maim nine men in Saginaw; wan, I gas nine men in Miami.
I prevent u-boats, tar, evil live rats, Tao, but never pi.
I, rat, a Qatari!
I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori.
Is it I? It is I!
I won, Karen, an era know I.
I'm runnin'! - Nurmi
I, Nora, came most egotistic--it's I--to get some macaroni.
I, Rasputin, knit up Sari.
I, man, am regal; a German am I.
I, zani Nazi.
If I had a hi-fi (The title of a book of palindromes.)
Is Don Adams mad? (A nod.) Si!
Jar a tonga, nag not a raj.
Kay, a red nude, peeped under a yak.
Kayak
Kayak salad - Alaska yak.
Lager, Sir, is regal.
Laminated E.T. animal.
Lay a wallaby baby ball away, Al.
Leo hortet Rohoel.
Late ? Bill is ill, I bet, Al.
Lepers repel.
Let O'Hara gain an inn in a niagara hotel.
Lew, Otto has a hot towel!
Lewd did I live & evil I did dwel.
Lisa Bonet ate no basil.
Live Devil
Live Evil
Live dirt up a side track carted is a putrid evil.
Live forever of evil
Live not on evil.
Lonely Tylenol.
"M" lab menial slain: embalm.
Ma, I rim Miriam.
Ma has a ham.
Ma is a nun, as I am.
Ma is as selfless as I am.
Madam I'm Adam
Madam, in Eden, I'm Adam.
Malayalam...
Man, Eve let an irate tar in at eleven A.M.
Man, Oprah's sharp on A.M.
Marge lets Norah see Sharon's telegram.
May a moody baby doom a yam?
Mayhem, eh Yam?
"Miry rim! So many daffodils," Delia wailed, "slid off a dynamo's miry rim!"
Murder for a jar of red rum.
Must sell at tallest sum.
Nam? Raw war man.
Name dam flesh...H self-made man.
Name no one man.
Name tarts, no medieval slave I demonstrate man.
Naomi, did I moan?
Naomi, sex at noon taxes, I moan.
Natasha? Ah, Satan!
Nay! Am I not, Toni, Mayan?
Ned, go gag Ogden.
Neil A. sees alien!
Never odd or even.
Niagara, O roar again!
Nil, Bud, was I ere I saw Dublin.
No evil shahs live on.
No lemons, no melon.
No misses ordered roses, Simon.
No omen, one moon.
No pinot noir on orion to nip on.
No, I met System Ion.
No, I tan, I'm at no contamination.
No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon.
No, Mel, a sleepy baby peels a lemon.
No, it is opposition.
No, she stops spots, eh, son?
Nog eroded Oregon.
Norah's was I ere I saw Sharon.
Noriega can idle, held in a cage...Iron!
Nose raw? Ale done? No Delaware son.
Nosegay ages on.
Not New York, Roy went on.
Now I see bees I won.
Now Ned, I am a maiden nun: Ned, I am a maiden won.
Now sit, lover, revolt is won!
Now this is fun, Ufsisih Twon
Nurse! I spy gypsies! Run!
O, geronimo, no minor ego!
O, memsahib Bart, rabbi has memo.
O, stone, be not so.
O.E.D. or rodeo?
Oh, no! Don Ho!
On a clover, if alive, erupts a vast, pure evil, a fire volcano.
Oo! My Ami, nil a nerd, adrenalin! I may moo.
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo.
Oz! O, Bozo!
Pa's a sap.
Paganini: Din in A Gap.
Paget saw an Irish tooth, Sir, in a waste gap.
Party boobytrap.
Plan no damn Madonna LP.
Poor Dan is in a droop.
Pot? No! I saw DNA and was I on top!
Pull up if I pull up.
Pure Boston did not sober up.
Racecar
Rajah, a gift fig? Ah, a jar!
Rat dirt up Rod ass a B.M., ambassador. Putrid tar!
Rat race lines oppose Nile car tar.
Rats drown in WordStar.
Rats live on no evil star.
Red dude kill lion. No ill-liked udder.
Red lost case, Ma. Jesse James acts older.
Red rum, sir, is murder.
Redivider
Reflog a golfer
Reno loner
Revenge Meg? Never!
Reviled did I live, said I, as evil I did deliver.
Rise to vote, sir.
Rise, sir lapdog! Revolt, lover! God, pal, rise, sir!
Rise, take lame female Kate, sir.
Rod Nevada vendor.
Rococo "R".
Roger G. Gregor
Rot-corpse Sumatran art amuses proctor.
Rutabega to base: we sabotage Batur.
Sagas emit taxes, rat snot, or pastrami. I'm Arts, a proton star - sex at times a gas.
Salamander a ton now. Raw war won not, a Red Nam, alas.
Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas.
Senile Felines
Sex at noon taxes.
Sex-aware era waxes.
Sh, Tom sees moths.
Si, nut was I ere I saw Tunis.
Sir, I soon saw Bob was no Osiris.
Sir, I'm Iris.
Sis, Sargasso Moss a grass is.
Sis, ask Costner to not rent socks "As Is"!
Sit on a potato pan, Otis!
Slap a ham on Omaha, pals!
Sleep not on Eileen; ere Renee, lie not on peels.
Sleep on no peels.
Sniff'um muffins.
So many dynamos.
So regards Rat's Lib: regrets no more hero monster gerbil stars' drag Eros.
So, Al, was I, ere I saw Laos?
So, G. Rivera's tots are virgos.
So, Ida, adios!
So...Mariah Carey, a LP, a player...a chair, Amos!
Solo gigolos.
Some men interpret nine memos.
Sore eye, Eros?
Sore was I ere I saw Eros.
Space caps
Spit Q-tips!
St. Simon sees no mists.
Stab nail at ill Italian bats.
Star comedy by Democrats.
Stella won no wallets.
Step on no pets!
Stephanie, run amok! O, manure in, ah, pets!
Stop! Murder us not, O tonsured rumpots!
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots!
Stop, Syrian! I start at rats in airy spots.
Straw warts
Straw? No, too stupid a fad. I put soot on warts.
Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus. -- Leigh Mercer
Sup, Mac, not on edible gel, bide not on campus.
Sup not on pus.
Swen, on gnus, sung no news.
Tarzan raised Desi Arnaz' rat.
Tarzan raised a Desi Arnaz rat.
T. Eliot nixes sex in toilet!
T. Eliot, top bard, notes putrid tang emanating, is sad. "I'd assign it a name: gnat dirt upset on drab pot toilet."
Ten animals I slam in a net.
'Tenor Octopus Night' netted a cadet tenth ginsu pot, coronet.
Tense, I snap Sharon roses, or Norah's pansies net.
The fat cop spoke in a strange tongue:"Eugnot egnarts a ni ekops poc taf eht."
To Idi Amin: I'm a idiot!
To Peru, named llama mall 'De Manure Pot'
Toni Tennille fell in net. I, not!
Tons of UFOs? Not!
Tons pot gardenia? Cocaine drag tops, not!
Tonya may not.
Too bad, I hid a boot.
Top step's pup's pet spot.
Trafalgar rag: La Fart
Trap all afoot; I too fall apart.
Tsetse bestest!
Tuna nut
U.F.O. tofu.
Unremarkable was I ere I saw Elba Kramer, nu?
Vanna, wanna V?
Vitaler Nebel mit Sinn ist im Leben relativ.
Viva le te de Tel Aviv
Vote to not slip up, refer pupils to note TOV.
Was it Eliot's toilet I saw?
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
Was it a rat I saw?
Was raw tap ale not a reviver at one lap at Warsaw?
We few erase cares, Al; laser aces are we few.
We placed a decal pew.
We repaid a no name Pacific ape man on a diaper, ew!
We seven, Eve, sew.
Won total, I am a pro. Bali radar I labor. Pa, mail a tot now!
Won't lovers revolt now?
Wonder if Sununu's fired now.
Yawn a more Roman way.
Yell upset a cider: predicates pulley.
Yo! Bottoms up, U.S. Motto, boy!
Yo, bad anaconda had no Canada boy
Yo, boy! Trap gnus, nude. 'Kangaroo Rag' naked unsung party, O boy!
Yreka Bakery
From /usr/dict/words:
AAA
ABA
ala
AMA
ana
bib
bob
bub
CDC
civic
dad
deed
DOD
dud
eke
ere
eve
ewe
eye
gag
gig
gog
huh
ii
iii
level
madam
minim
mum
non
noon
nun
pap
PDP
peep
pep
pip
poop
pop
pup
radar
refer
rever
rotor
sis
s's
tat
teet
tit
TNT
toot
tot
wow
2.2 Longer English palindromes
From dougfink@erols.com Sun Oct 26 21:07:14 1997
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 14:04:58 -0500
From: douglas fink
Subject: Lisa Bonet ate no basil. + many others
I am the author of "Lisa Bonet ate no basil." It and several other names in
palindromes came from a GAMES magazine contest in the early 90's. Then they
got onto John Jensen's list and have been circulating ever since. Many other
good palindromes by me and others can be found in "The Palindromist" (uh,
it's on the Web).
Douglas Fink.
Adam said: Madam, I'm Adam
To which she replied: Eve
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Haven't seen this palindrome in here yet ... this is by Ernest Angell,
and you're supposed to assume that the speaker is an insane war
veteran in a government hospital.
"Marge, let dam dogs in. Am on satire: Vow I am Cain. Am on spot.
Am a Jap sniper. Red, raw murder on G.I.! Ignore drum. (Warder
repins pajama tops.) No maniac, Ma! Iwo veritas: no man is God. --
Mad Telegram."
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The little old lady could not believe her ears, when, after the lightning
struck the telephone, the voice of the town sheriff, who had call her
to discuss the upcoming election, sounded peculiarly odd as he said,
"diase hwad doylra iluc epded nuos noit celegnim ocpuehts sucsidot rehl lacda
hohwf firehsn woteh tfoe ciov ehten ohpel eteht kcurt sgnint hgile htretfan
ehwsrae reh eveil ebt ond luocy ald loelt tileht."
(Constructed by some people at CMU).
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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!!
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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.
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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
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From: chrisk@access.digex.net (Chris Kocsis)
Flee to me, remote elf--Sal a dewan desired;
Now is a Late-Petal Era.
We fade: lucid Iris, red Rose of Sharon;
Goldenrod a silly ram ate.
Wan olives teem (ah, Satan lives!);
A star eyes pale Roses.
Revel, big elf on a mayonnaise man--
A tinsel baton-dragging nice elf too.
Lisp, Oh Sibyl, dragging Nola along;
> Fethiye
Niggardly bishops i loot.
Fleecing niggard notables Nita names,
I annoy a Man of Legible Verse.
So relapse, ye rats,
As evil Natasha meets Evil
On a wet, amaryllis-adorned log.
Norah's foes' orders (I ridiculed a few) are late, pet.
Alas, I wonder! Is Edna wed?
Alas--flee to me, remote elf.
(By Howard W. Bergerson? The above and many, many, many wonderful
palindromes are from the book "Palindromes and Anagrams," by Bergerson,
published by Dover Publications, Inc., 180 Varick St., NY NY 10014.)
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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.
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Degas,
Are we not drawn onward,
We freer few,
Drawn onward
To new eras aged?
-- Shelly
The greatest palindrome comes from "Through the Looking Glass and What
Alice Found There", 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.
(Courtesy of the Professor Incorrect)
2.3 Two-dimensional English palindromes
The foffowing English 2-D Palindromes were discovered by Neal W. Miller
(millen3@alum01.its.rpi.edu) in 1995:
n e t g e l w e d r a t s t r a p
e w e e y e e v e a b u t r a j a
t e n l e g d e w t u b a a j a r
s t a r p a r t
P.S. Both "raja" and "abut" are in my english dictionary, so pthbt.
2.4 A man, a plan...
A man, a plan, 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."
Another variant by Ford Prefect:
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! Sides reversed is:
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!
----
"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. --Dan Hoey, 'discovered' in 1984.
-
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"
The longest variation: (from
Neil & Fred's Greatest Palindromes Home Page)
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 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 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 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!
I didn't think much of this artificial palindrome, so I responded:
"A man, a plan, a boson..."
Word row a sign: I, Rob, know a wonk.
Boring is a word row, no?
So banal - Panama!
A "wonk" by the way is a person similar to a nerd, a geek or a narg.
Robert Alcock
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3. Palindromes in other languages
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3.1 Finnish
From someone's message:
> Yes, Finnish is *the* palindrome language. Some guys have even written
> a book of poetry, called "Retki dikter", all poems being palindromes.
Single words:
Suolatalous Salt economy
Sammallammas A sheep of lichen
Saippuakauppias Soap dealer
Saippuakivikauppias Soap stone dealer
Saippuakalasalakauppias Illicit soap-fish trader
Solutomaattimittaamotulos The result from a measurement laboratory for tomatoes.
Taloussuolat
Names:
Ala
Alila
Nenonen
Oivio
Asko Oksa
Anu Maamuna
Ismo K. Komsi
[ Well, I'd prefer not to translate most of the following... ]
A. Aravatatsin IA-modeemi imee domainista tavaraa.
Aaro uhalla? No, nai pianon alla huoraa.
Aarre hassu, luo Oulu, luo käly! Kälykylä, kyläkoulu luo! Oulussa, herra A.
Aattoisin isi ottaa.
Aattona Jaana-piispan snapsi-ipanaa janottaa.
Aattu Tivaa vituttaa.
Ah, sie gigolo, iso sosiologi geisha.
Ai Vaasassa saavi riisiviinaa? Vaanii visiiri vaasassa saavia. -- Alivaltiosihteeri
Aimot, taivaat soi! Hanakat natiaisia saisi aitan takana hiostaa, viattomia.
Aino K. nussi Issun konia.
Ajaja nai. "Saisipa naisia, naisia, naisia, naisia", napisi asianajaja.
Aki söi läänin. Ääliö sika! - Aki ate a state. Stupid pig! -- Mika Laari
Alla maan itse Eki Aho hiipi, iho haikeesti naamalla.
Allan, ei, voi napa! Ujo punapää Panu-pojua pani ovien alla. -- Alivaltiosihteeri
Allan Alakokkare erakkokalan alla.
Alli lepona papin eka, pelle pakeni papan Opelilla.
Alli pamautti vittua mapilla - Alli smacked (her) c*nt with a binder.
Allun napanukan takia stiletti-Eki keitteli tsaikat nakuna pannulla!
Ammu homo humma.
Ana kumisee, Saara, vara-aseesi mukana.
Ana taas saksia raiskas, saatana!
Annat aimo lomia, Tanna.
Anus puhisi hupsuna.
Asko A, juupa juu. Ja juu ja puu ja oksa.
Assari vaanii tussu-Tiinaa virassa.
Assi dokaa kodissa.
Assi, suu muusissa?
Atte diat otti -- hitto -- taidetta!
Atte Kumiorava! Varo imuketta!
Atte ulos oluetta.
Aune tivaa saavitenua
Ee oo, ee -- Pikkujättiläinen
Eeli-emo, kas siskoni Amalia Laila mainoksissa komeilee. -- Alivaltiosihteeri, 1993
Ella, klinikka-Keke kakki nilkalle!
Ella Nostaja puuttuu - Jatta juuttuu pajatson alle!
Elli E, muutat rivivalon. Olavi Virta, tuu meille.
Elli hei, moi Vaasa kiva satumaa muta-savikasa aviomiehille -- Alivaltiosihteeri
Elli se takakaasu ja haju saa kakat esille. -- Alivaltiosihteeri, 1993
Elli, tuo vaaksa paskaa voutille!
Emma imi avaimiamme.
Etsi poni apinani painopiste
Heilani Liisa, pane napa siilin ali, eh.
Ian Asseria Zairessa nai.
"Ile! Vittu-Ana saa soikiaa ikiosaa!", sanautti Veli.
Innostunut sonni - Excited bull
Ite Haavio Satu hutas Oivaa heti.
"Itse Sillamu!", kehaisi anaali-Eki, "Keilaa naisia hekumallisesti!"
Iske, Simo U! Häät riistäjät siirtää huomiseksi!
Iso rikas sika sökösakissa kirosi - A very rich pig cursed in a stud poker gang
Isi, hutsun anus tuhisi. -- M Haapea
Isi rumalla naamalla maan alla murisi. -- Alivaltiosihteeri, 1995
Isä, älä myy myymälääsi - father, don't sell your shop
Isän näkemättä me kännäsi!
Luo satsumista jivehitti, hipparokki, suumuusikkorappi, hittihevi, jatsi,
musta soul.
Naamalla Rama! Kiitos Kari, Allu, Ulla - Irak sotii kamaralla maan.
Nai punasolut ulos, Anu, pian!
Neil, aito koti-alien.
Neulo sappi, Sakke-pomo, höpöhöpöhomo! Pekka sippas oluen.
Niko-kääpiö söi pääkokin.
No, elin näkyy. Syy: känni Leon.
No Maria, Airam on.
Noteeratun Anna-rukan tissit, tosi isot tissit, nakurannan utareet on. -- Tamppi
Nuutti-vaari oksensi bisneskoiraa vittuun.
It means: Grandfather Nuutti puked into the c**t of the business dog.
Oi, palatsissa katosi isä, siis ota kassista lapio.
Ok taula, hellä kysymys Ykälle: haluatko?
Oli Anaali-Topi potilaana ilo.
Oli siro Doris ilo. -- Ari Saastamoinen
Omi testi itse, Timo!
Oota Matti! Ulos telo! Olet soluitta matoo!
Osta kotelo, niin olet OK, Atso!
Ou ja jee sepi pesee, suku kusee, sepi pesee, suku kusee, sepi pesee ja juo. -- Alivaltiosihteeri
Outi E, Ali ei vie. Ali toisi, Eve veisi. Otila ei vie. Ila ei tuo.
Retki dikter (The title of a book of palindromes.)
Saa Tikku-Kaisa tissit, asia kukki taas.
Saat tuloa Atso, Anna osta a-olut taas.
Salla kontio: Prahassa oli sota kivaa. Siskoni Viola pilasi sattuvat.
Isorikas sakemanni maalasi tsaaria. Saa loukata Attilaa, ken niittaa
peräpärepaattiin ne kaalit. Taata kuolaa sairaasti. Salaa. Minna. Mekassa
kirosit. Avuttasi sali paloi vinoksi, saavi katosi, loassa harpoit nokallas.
Solunaisista Nina pani natsisian ulos.
Säkylän oiva tavi on älykäs. -- Tarmo Haarala, 1973
(The nice teal from Sakyla is clever.)
Takanani ratsut Immo, pommitustarinan akat.
Tomi hei, villit saparot, torapastilli vie himot!
Tosi isot, siis tosi isot. Big ones, I mean real big ones.
Tissit! Tosi isot tissit!
Ujo pop-runo: Anan ipanana, anan apinana on Urpo-poju. -- M Haapea
UP! Per, Anna, Kimmo! Tommi kanna reppu.
Yksi wisky! (One scotch!)
Ässäsyötiksi Taku ah Navaron oravan haukat iski Töysässä.
--
From: ktikkane@phoenix.oulu.fi (Kari Tikkanen)
Itse keksin Persianlahden sotien aikaan:
Yäk aatos: Kari-asu --- USA-Irak: sotaa käy.
Yäk, Alli, Esa! Aatos: Kari-asu - USA-Irak: sotaa aseilla käy.
--
From: tapio@sik.ppoy.fi (Petri Leppijoki / SIK)
Aattona Jaana Aro on siro deeku. Taas sikana kana kissaa
tukee. Doris, Noora, Anaa janottaa!
--
From: saarki@tarzan.math.jyu.fi (Ari Saastamoinen)
Two boys were send to the shop with the following lists:
Allu: pitokania, lavarautaa
Aatu: aravalaina, kotipulla
Anna pennis
-ok
Tuli haavi.
ivaa,
hilutko sinne panna?
--
From: Lauri_Aalto@spit.fipnet.fi (Lauri Aalto)
Newsgroups: sfnet.keskustelu.vitsit
Nai pesukoneessa, laukusta taas saatana tuli Hanna. OK, Kim. Aarre höylien
alla. Aaha, salit trukilla pannaan nimien alle. Hitto! Etova alku, sata
lusikan osaa taitaa vitusti palaa. Murha on ruotsiksi "mord". Nila puuttuu,
Jallu nisua voi Palestiinasta vetää. Pyy meni amatsonin apajille,
marakatilla halu. Anteeksi. Isorikas sinua hujauttaa. Teloi Esko paidat.
Tero, pora vajassa. Kuhisi au pair -rahoja, sinä jostakin nostit niitä.
Mono uhalla kalisi. Lekaasi nosto ei vie. Oi! Taas ne sadalta saavat napit.
Taputti vaskoolia hapan Iivana. Tuuri ruusua valitsi, Ismo oria kesytti.
Hyypiö läksiä halusi. Kojootin rasisti jalalla litisti. Apatiasi opettaja
taisi yhä sietää. Köysi laittoi Masin omat lavat alas. Etsipä tämä kiero
naikkonen. öylätti säkissä. Pärepytyt ystäville, heh, oli tulleet. Illan
otti homma kamala. Hapan olo. Allah, ipana kosi, no, iho. Ohi on, iso kana
pihalla. Olona paha lamakammo. Hitto, nalli. Te, Ellut: ilo, he hellivät!
Syty, typerä pässi! Käsittä lyö ne, nokkia, no! Reikä mätä, piste. Salata
valta, moni Sami otti ali. Syökää te isä! Hyi, siat! Ajatte pois aita,
paitsi tilalla lajit. Sisar nitoo. Joki sula. Häiskä löi. Pyyhitty. Se kai
"room", siis tila. Vau, suuri ruutana! Viina paha ilo. Oksa, vittu. Patti
pantava. Asat. Lada sensaatio! Ei, vie otsoni, saakeli. Silakalla huono
mäti. Intit, sonni. Katso, jänis. Ajo, Harri! Apua! Isi hukassa! Ja varo
poretta. Dia. Poks! Ei ole taattua: Juha unissa kirosi. Iske et, naula
hallita. Karamelli Japanin. Osta maine, myy pääte. Vatsani itse lapio. Vau,
sinulla juuttuu palindromi "Ski's tour". No, ah, rumaa. Lapit Suti vaatia.
Taas on. Aki, sulata suklaa. Vote otti hellan. Ei, Minna, anna palli,
Kurttila sahaa. Allan ei lyö herraa. Mikko, anna hilut. Ana, taas saatat
sukua. Lasse-eno, kuse pian.
Lauri Aalto
root@spit.fipnet.fi
3.2 Danish
En af dem der red med fane.
(One of those that rode with a standard (or banner))
3.3 Dutch
parterretrap (some kind of stairway (trap is a stairway, partere is lounge))
lepel (spoon)
edelstaalplaatslede (a stainless steel tray, part of an oven)
nepparterrestaalplaatserretrappen
"A stairway to/from the ground floor, from/to the sun-room,
which is made out of fake steel" (or whatever)
Mooie zeden in Ede, zei Oom. (Nice customs in Ede, said Uncle)
Neder sit wort; trow tis reden.
Nelli plaatst op 'n parterre trap 'n pot staalpillen.
which means that some broad called Nelli is messing around
with pills on above meant stairway (or something like that).
For those who want to read more: the book "Opperlandse Taal- en Letterkunde"
by Battus contains lots of palindromes in Dutch (plus a load of other
acrobatical linguistics).
3.4 French
A l'autel elle alla, elle le tua la.
(To the altar she went, she killed him there.)
Elu par cette crapule. (Elected by that crook.)
Emile-Eric notre valet alla te laver ton ciré élimé.
(Approximately: Emile-Eric our valet went to wash your old coat.)
Esope reste ici et se repose. (Aesop is resting here and relaxing.)
Et Luc colporte trop l'occulte. (And Luc spreads occult things too much)
Etna: lave devalante. (Etna: spreading lava.)
Leon n' osa rever a son Noel.
Tu l'as trop ecrase cesar ce port salut.
This was by Georges Perec and is in two parts (accents omitted):
Trace l'inégal palindrome. Neige. Bagatelle, dira Hercule. Le brut
repentir, cet écrit né Perec. L'arc lu pèse trop, lis à vice-versa.
Perte. Cerise D....
Désire ce trépas rêve: Ci va! S'il porte, sépulcral, ce repentir,
cet écrit ne perturbe le lucre: Haridelle, ta gabegie ne mord ni
la plage ni l'ecart.
3.5 German
Ein leder gurt trug Redel nie (A leather belt never carried Redel)
Ein Neger mit Gazelle zagt im Regen nie. -- Schopenhauer
(A negro with gazelle never despairs in rain.)
Eine treue Familie bei Lima feuerte nie
(A loyal family near Lima never fired.)
Reliefpfeiler (A pillar with a relief.)
Denk ned! (dont think!)
Lese nie falsch/ Schlaf ein, Esel!
Reit nie tot ein Tier! (never ride an animal to death)
Ein Esel lese nie!
Riss es, Sir?
Leo, spar´ Rapsoel!
Tunk nie ein Knie ein, Knut!
Sakra, Maden in Edamar Kas!
3.6 Greek
1. Names
Anna
Sabbas
2. Words
alla = but, however
ama = as soon as, just as
ana = up, upon
ara = therefore, thus, so
ara = curse
%b% = puberty, youth (% = eta)
nomimon = lawful, legitimate, legal
nyn = now
s%s = moth
sofos = wise
soros = coffin, bier
sos = thine, thy; your, yours
sys (it is a Homeric word) = sow, hog, pig
ni$on anom%mata m% monan o$in (Where $ = Psi, % = Eta)
Translation: Wash your sins, not just your face....
3.7 Indonesian
3.7.1 Bahasa Indonesian
Aku suka rajawali, bapak. Apabila wajar, aku suka.
(I like hawks, sir. When appropriate, I like them.)
3.8 Italian
A good source for Italian palindromes would be the Italian weekly "La
settimana enigmistica" (anagrams, crosswords, linguistic games etc.)
The longest Italian single word palindrome:
anilina (in English, "aniline")
Ai lati d'Italia (On the sides of Italy.)
E' fedel: non lede fe' (He's faithful: he doesn't betray your faith)
Ecco Bello colle bocce! (Here is Bello with bowls!)
Otto (It's the italian name of the number '8')
Here are some palindromial italian letters:
'f' we commonly pronunciate it 'effe'
'h' " " " " 'acca'
'l' " " " " 'elle'
'm' " " " " 'emme'
'n' " " " " 'enne'
'r' " " " " 'erre'
's' " " " " 'esse'
O mordo tua nuora o aro un autodromo
(Either I bite your daughter-in-law, or I plough a racetrack.)
Erano dadi tarati da donare
(They were setted dices to be given)
3.9 Japanese
Japanese, being syllabe based language, is rich with palindromes.
Kono koneko neko no ko (This kitten is a cat's child !)
na ka ki yo no
to o no ne bu ri no
mi na me za me
na mi no ri bu ne no
o to no yo ki ka na
Translation:
The sleeping figure's eyes open in the middle of a winter's night-
can it be in anticipation of the sound of the wave-bone boat?
3.10 Latin
In girum imus nocte, et consumimur igni.
We go here and there by night, and we are burned by the fire.
(Vaeltelemme yössä ja tuli kalvaa meitä.)
In girum imus nocte, ecce, et consumimur igni.
We go here and there by night, see, and we burn in the fire.
[ BTW, this is supposed to apply literally to moths, and
metaphorically to ladies of the night... ]
En Amor, at si tenes, Ara, murorum ara senet ista, Romane!
Rough translation:
Even if you, O Love, hold on, your altar, O Roman,
grows old as a walled altar.
Roma summus amor. (Rome supreme love.)
Subi dura a rudibus. (endure rough treatement from uncultured brutes)
S a t o r
A r e p o
t e n e t
o p e r a
r o t a s
(The sower Arepo works with the help of a wheel.)
This is the oldest known two-dimensional palindrome.
3.11 Norwegian
Agnes i senga (Agnes in the bed)
Grav ned den varg (Dig down that wolf)
3.12 Portuguese
Socorram-me, subi no ônibus em Marrocos!
(Help me, I climbed on a bus in Morocco!)
A mala nada na lama. (The valise floats in the mud)
Rir, o breve verbo rir... ('To laugh', the short verb 'to laugh'...)
3.13 Romania
Names: Anuta Catuna
Ele fac cafele. (they make coffee.)
3.14 Slovak
tahat (to pull)
[ It appears often on doors - it is really joyfull when you
can read it from either side :-) ]
Jelenovi pivo nelej. Don't pour the beer to a stag (red deer).
3.15 Spanish
Dabale arroz a la zorra el abad. (The abbot was giving rice to the vixen)
A Mercedes ese de crema. (That one of cream is for Mercedes.)
Salta Lenin el atlas. (Lenin jumps the atlas.)
Atale demoniaco Cain o me delata. (Tie him, demoniacal Cain, or he dennounces me.)
Amor a Roma. (Love for Rome.) -by Luis Marmisa
Anita lava la tina (Anita washes the bath)
Anas uso tu auto, Susana.
Amigo, no gima.
Robaba oro a babor.
Somos o no somos.
Echele leche. [ In spanish 'ch' is a single letter. ]
Luz azul.
La ruta natural.
Ana lava lana.
Ana, la galana.
Ana lleva al oso la avellana.
Ana lleva nenes al abad, al reconocerla dabala Senen avellana.
Anita al reconocerla atina.
Le avisara Sara si va el.
No bajara Sara jabon.
Asi le ama Elisa.
A la Manuela dale una mala.
Adela ya le da.
A ti no, bonita.
Sor Rebeca hace berros.
Oiras orar a Rosario.
Adan no cede con nada.
Adan a donde va ved no da nada.
Es Adan, ya ve yo soy Eva y nada se.
Asi Mario oira misa.
Ateo por Arabia iba raro poeta.
Ese se acurruca, es ese.
Saca tu butacas.
No traces en ese carton.
Ate la pala a la paleta.
Nuria, sonria y ate la maleta y a irnos a Irun.
O sacais ropa por si acaso.
Al reparto sacas otra perla.
Amad a la dama.
Amad al ayo y a la dama.
logre ver gol.
Atar al raedor y rodear la rata.
La moral, claro, mal.
No deseo yo ese don.
La tomo como tal.
Avida de dadiva.
Asi revelara su amada dama usar aleve risa.
Yo hago yoga hoy.
Saco sal yo del yodo y le doy las ocas.
Se van sus naves
Subo tu auto o tu autobus.
A cavar a Caravaca.
O rey o joyero.
Arde ya la yedra.
Yo hare cera hoy.
Aire solo seria.
No tocole melocoton.
Amo la paloma.
Yo halle ropa, yo voy a por ella hoy.
A mama Roma le aviva el amor a papa, y a papa Roma le aviva el amor a
mama.
Satan sala las natas.
Es reconocerse o no es reconocerse?
3.16 Swedish
Ni talar bra latin. (you speak good Latin)
Märk stupid abrakadabra: ur fin ränsel lyfta rappa japaner samma mimosa som i
mammas rena pajapparat fylles när ni fruar bada karbad i putskräm.
I Reval sitta ni alla i natt i slaveri
(In Reval, you're all sitting enslaved tonight)
3.17 Turkish
www.uwm.edu/~akbulut/palindrom.html#turkce
3.18 Welsh
Llad dafad dall. (kill a blind sheep)
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4. Special Palindromes
4.1 Movies
There is one movie, about 30 minutes in length, where the plot fills the
first half of the movie, and then reverses itself for the rest.
4.2 Palindromic Pictures
See http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~leo/palindrom
Hmm... the picture of a palindromedar on Leo's page is not _exactly_ a
palindrome, but it's pretty close. Anyway, it reminds me of Spede's 4x4
palindromic car (the front halves of two cars put togerher), used in one of
his movies.
One drawing by M.C. Escher features black birds flying towars the light and
white ones tho the dark. Among other features, this is quite symmetric.
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5. Credits
Unfortunately, it's impossible to give credit separately all the numerous
submissions in rec.humor, eunet.jokes, and sfnet.keskustelu.vitsit.
However, the plentiest or otherways significant (rarely known) palindromes
have come from...
Danish: Morten Larsen (mola@data.fls.dk)
Dutch: Big Beng (beng@wsooti03.info.win.tue.nl)
Ivar Snaaijer (v922340@jonckheere.si.hhs.nl)
Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@caution.cistron.nl.mugnet.org)
Antreas P. Hatzipolakis (xpolakis@prometheus.hol.gr)
English:
Steve Hoffman (steveh@eskimo.com)
Pete Biggs (pete@physchem.ox.ac.uk)
Dan Hoey (Hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil)
Bob McHugh (mchughrj@chemsci1.es.dupont.com)
Simon Clement (simonsea@netspace.net.au)
Neal W. Miller (millen3@alum01.its.rpi.edu)
--- (mckelvey@suite.com)
James Lovejoy (4lovejoy@nbn.com)
Michael Freebern (mfree@Capital.Net)
Ford Prefect (fprefect@mailhost.net)
Antreas P. Hatzipolakis (xpolakis@prometheus.hol.gr)
James Wolf (jaimewolf@gnn.com)
Dieter Zasche E1 (drz@ipp-garching.mpg.de)
Philipp Lenssen (Jester@t-online.de)
Robert Alcock (robert@erg.ucd.ie)
/usr/dict/words and fortunes files
Finnish:
Mika Laari (mlaari@lut.fi)
Lauri Aalto (lauri.aalto@fipnet.fi)
Risto Haikarainen (haikarainen@roi.metla.fi)
Juuso Hyvärinen (hijuhy@uta.fi)
R Kukkonen (rkukkonen@ntc01.tele.nokia.fi)
Petri Leppijoki (tapio@sik.ppoy.fi)
Matti Lindholm (--)
Riku Mattila (rmattila@vipunen.hut.fi)
Kari Mikkola (mikkola@kuru.roi.metla.fi)
Eeva Parviainen (eeva.parviainen@lmf.ericsson.se)
Olli Pasanen (p150479@proffa.cc.tut.fi)
Lari Pätäri (lasse@calvin.lyseo.otol.fi)
Tuomo Salo (tuosalo@sara.cc.utu.fi)
Ari Saastamoinen (saarki@tarzan.math.jyu.fi)
Teemu Salovaara (tsalovaa@pcuf.fi)
Mika Seppälä (s151848@proffa.cc.tut.fi)
Kari Tikkanen (ktikkane@phoenix.oulu.fi)
Tuomo Turunen (tuomo.turunen@gsf.fi)
Tommi Virtanen (tvirtane@cc.lut.fi)
Frans Koskenheimo (frans.koskenheimo@ntc.nokia.com)
Jyrki Oinas (oinas@mopo.cc.lut.fi)
Kimmo Toro (ktoro@klinja.fipnet.fi)
Ville Herva (vherva@niksula.hut.fi)
Miikka Eronen (--)
Markku A. Mähönen (markq@ttl.fi)
Ossi Haapakoski (ossi.haapakoski@ntc.nokia.com)
Ilkka Niemistö (c72109@reimari.uwasa.fi)
Aki M Lumme (amlumme@cc.Helsinki.FI)
Janne H Leminen (jhlemine@cc.Helsinki.FI)
Mika Haapea (mha@vttoulu.tko.vtt.fi)
Tuomo Matilainen (tuomo@kone.ton.tut.fi)
Jukka Poyry (jp@luola.kontu.bbs.fi)
Tuomo Matero (tume@louhi.kempele.fi)
Juha Makinen (juhmakin@cc.helsinki.fi)
Tuomo Porkka (tuomo.porkka@ntc.nokia.com)
Mikko Suokas (mtsuokas@alpha.hut.fi)
French: Marc Philips (marc@cfmu.eurocontrol.be)
Greg Scullard (gs@dsbc.icl.co.uk)
Estelle Souche (Estelle.Souche@ens.ens-lyon.fr)
Jim Wolper (wolperj@pequod.isu.edu)
Antreas P. Hatzipolakis (xpolakis@prometheus.hol.gr)
German: Ivar Snaaijer (v922340@jonckheere.si.hhs.nl)
Robin Rattay (rattay@athene.informatik.uni-bonn.de)
Paul Kimmel (pkimmel@rci.rutgers.edu)
Philipp Lenssen (Jester@t-online.de)
Greek: Ray Harder (rharder@eis.calstate.edu)
Antreas P. Hatzipolakis (xpolakis@prometheus.hol.gr)
Indonesian:
Ben Zimmer (zimmer@prolog.net)
Italian: Luca Somazzi (luca.somazzi@altair.it)
Antonetti Fabrizio (anf@anna.dei.unipd.it)
Giovanni Chierico (joe@paola.dei.unipd.it)
Salvatore Marcone (svtmrc@paola.dei.unipd.it)
Licia Corbolante (liciac@microsoft.com)
Antonio Colombo (azc10@amail.amdahl.com)
Japanese: James Morgan (James@solidworks.com)
Antreas P. Hatzipolakis (xpolakis@prometheus.hol.gr)
Allen Kabayama (allen@citw.com)
Latin: Pete Biggs (pete@physchem.ox.ac.uk)
Luca Somazzi (luca.somazzi@altair.it)
David Deutsch (deutsch@vax.ox.ac.uk)
James Ready (jready@oasys.dt.navy.mil)
Jorge Stolfi (stolfi@dcc.unicamp.br)
Norwegian:
Tore Sletten (tos@boole.no)
Portuguese:
Barry McClintock (fionbarr@intercall.com)
Jorge Stolfi (stolfi@dcc.unicamp.br)
Slovak: Stefan Petrucha (petrucha@mff.uniba.cs)
I.Kuhn (ik@ukc.ac.uk)
Spanish: Jaime Lopez Hartmann (jlha@se.alcbel.be)
Luis Marmisa (marmisa@tid.es)
Rodrigo Infante (frutic@werken.ufro.cl)
Gonzalo Esteban (gonzalo@abaforum.es)
Swedish: Pete Biggs (pete@physchem.ox.ac.uk)
Terry Siederer (etxsied@mega.ericsson.se)
Sven Sievers (Sven.Sievers@arcus.se.astra.com)
Welsh: Pete Biggs (pete@physchem.ox.ac.uk)
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Jouko Valta (jopi@stekt.oulu.fi)