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David Nebenzahl (neb@microtech.com) wrote:
: I'm searching for palindromes. Could somebody tell me if this newsgroup 
: ever has any? If not, does anyone know what newsgroups might?

: All I trot for is a Sir of tortilla...  (bad example, I know!)

: Neb (David Nebenzahl: neb@microtech.com)


: Thanks!

From Anne Sexton:
Rats live on no evil star.
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           Anthony Kyle Monday            / 
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Rise to vote, sir!

Was it a cat I saw?

Able was I ere I saw Elba.

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.

Madam, I'm Adam.

These are commonly known, of course.  A couple of years ago, I bought
two books of palindromes.  I can't remember their names, but the
titles were palindromes, naturally.  I gave them as gifts.  If I get a
chance, I'll find out the names and post them.  

Gayle

> David Nebenzahl (neb@microtech.com) wrote:
> : I'm searching for palindromes. Could somebody tell me if this newsgroup 
> : ever has any? If not, does anyone know what newsgroups might?
> 

Of course, the ever famous:

A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL, PANAMA!

and also:

MADAM, I'M ADAM.

NAME NO ONE MAN.

ABLE WAS I ERE I SAW ELBA.

Anthony Kyle Monday (akmonday@uclink3.berkeley.edu) wrote:
: David Nebenzahl (neb@microtech.com) wrote:
: : I'm searching for palindromes. Could somebody tell me if this newsgroup 
: : ever has any? If not, does anyone know what newsgroups might?

: : All I trot for is a Sir of tortilla...  (bad example, I know!)

: : Neb (David Nebenzahl: neb@microtech.com)


: : Thanks!

: From Anne Sexton:
: Rats live on no evil star.
: --

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:            Anthony Kyle Monday            / 
:  e-mail: akmonday@uclink3.berkeley.edu	 /     "J'ai une a^me solitare."
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Someone in misc.writing had a big honkin' list of them.  You might want 
to check there.
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John Tchoe		"Driving hasn't been the same since I installed
Psychology & English	 funhouse rearview mirrors." - Steven Wright
U.C. Berkeley

In article <3n7pdb$sn6@agate.berkeley.edu> John W Tchoe,
tchoe@uclink.berkeley.edu writes:
>Subject: Re: Looking for Palindromes

Try alt.anagrams! 

Judes       
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'The mother of the stupid is always pregnant.'

In article <3n6qqk$hrh@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu>,
gayleh@freenet2.scri.fsu.edu (Gayle Harrison) wrote:


> A couple of years ago, I bought
> two books of palindromes.  I can't remember their names, but the
> titles were palindromes, naturally.  I gave them as gifts.  If I get a
> chance, I'll find out the names and post them.  


I've seen _Madam, I'm Adam_ and _So Many Dynamos!_  Don't recall the 
authors.  Both consist of cartoons with palindrome captions.  They have 
a few palindromes in common (apart from the familiar ones), e.g. "Sit on 
a potato pan, Otis!" which makes me wonder about copyrightability of 
palindromes.  Anyone have any thoughts on this issue?

-- 
Max Crittenden

Larry was often overshadowed by the other two, 
but it can be rewarding to watch him more closely.

In article <max_crittenden-2104951005000001@128.18.42.2>, 
max_crittenden@qm.sri.com says...
>
>In article <3n6qqk$hrh@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu>,
>gayleh@freenet2.scri.fsu.edu (Gayle Harrison) wrote:
>
>
>> A couple of years ago, I bought
>> two books of palindromes.  I can't remember their names, but the
>> titles were palindromes, naturally.  I gave them as gifts.  If I get a
>> chance, I'll find out the names and post them.  

I got a little book called "Go Hang a Salami--I'm a Lasagna Hog!" as
a gift.

In <3n6dp5$997@aimnet1.aimnet.com> neb@microtech.com (David Nebenzahl)
writes: 
>
>I'm searching for palindromes. Could somebody tell me if this
>newsgroup ever has any? If not, does anyone know what newsgroups
>might?

    As I read the FAQ I get the impression that frivolous wordplay is
not within the scope of alt.usage.english.  However, while the FAQ does
recommend alt.puzzles for certain types of wordplay, I haven't seen any
recommendations in the FAQ of suitable Usenet groups for other
wordplay.  It seems to me that a clarification of this question would
be a desirable addition to the FAQ.

    As long as the subject of palindromes has come up, though, I would
like to broach a related subject.  Some time ago in the ILink Wordplay
Conference, someone described a technique for generating a longer
palindrome from any given palindrome.  This provided a recursive method
for producing a palindrome of arbitrary length, and answered the
question "What is the longest palindrome ever devised" with the answer,
"There is no longest palindrome, because from any given palindrome a
longer one may be formed."

    I  think the technique consisted of inserting the words "sides
reversed is" between a palindrome and its reversal.  For example,
starting with "Nurses run", one can form the palindrome "Nurses run
sides reversed is nurses run".  The resulting palindrome can in turn be
so treated: "(Nurses run sides reversed is Nurses run) sides reversed
is (Nurses run sides reversed is Nurses run)".  Clearly, there is no
limit to the number of times this process can be repeated.

    "Sides reversed is" may not be the exact insertion palindrome that
was suggested in ILink Wordplay.  Even if it was, there may be better
ones.  Does anyone know of one?

    One of my favorite palindromes is in a tagline that I stole a long
time ago: "Palindromes are fun but tub nuf era semordnilap."

Bob Cunningham
Northridge, California, USofA

    



    

In <3n6qqk$hrh@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> gayleh@freenet2.scri.fsu.edu
(Gayle Harrison) writes: 
>
>Rise to vote, sir!
>
>Was it a cat I saw?
>
>Able was I ere I saw Elba.
>
>A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.
>
>Madam, I'm Adam.
>
    I think mangled palindromes are fun, but so far as I know I may be 
the only one who thinks so.  Anyway, a couple of them that have
occurred to me in the past are:

        Able was I ere I saw Melba.

        Madam I'm at 'em.

Bob Cunningham
Northridge, California, USofA

akmonday@uclink3.berkeley.edu (Anthony Kyle Monday) wrote:
>
> David Nebenzahl (neb@microtech.com) wrote:
> : I'm searching for palindromes. Could somebody tell me if this newsgroup 
> : ever has any? If not, does anyone know what newsgroups might?
> 
> : All I trot for is a Sir of tortilla...  (bad example, I know!)
> 
> : Neb (David Nebenzahl: neb@microtech.com)
> 
> 
> : Thanks!
> 
> From Anne Sexton:
> Rats live on no evil star.
> --
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>            Anthony Kyle Monday            / 
>  e-mail: akmonday@uclink3.berkeley.edu	 /     "J'ai une a^me solitare."
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Try the newsgroup alt.quotations April 17 Chuck Stevens posted
a two page list. If you can't find it maybe you can mail him at
<stevens@raptor.sccs.swarthmore.edu> for a copy

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In article <3n6p1t$dvu@agate.berkeley.edu>, akmonday@uclink3.berkeley.edu
(Anthony Kyle Monday) wrote:

> David Nebenzahl (neb@microtech.com) wrote:
> : I'm searching for palindromes. Could somebody tell me if this newsgroup 
> : ever has any? If not, does anyone know what newsgroups might?

Do any of you following this thread, drive _a Toyota_?

     FWIW,

     Dale
-- 
Sometimes I think that if it weren't for bad luck,
I'd have no luck at all.

: > David Nebenzahl (neb@microtech.com) wrote:
: > : I'm searching for palindromes. Could somebody tell me if this newsgroup 
: > : ever has any? If not, does anyone know what newsgroups might?
: > 

A friend of mine in college once compiled quite a list of ones she 
composed herself.  Here are two of the better ones I remember:

He stressed no garden index if I fixed nine dragon desserts, eh?

Traci, many do read aerodynamic art.

	I wish I could retrieve the list...alas.  (That is not a palindrome)

						Adam

In article <3nepfl$nij@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, sparky5@ix.netcom.com (Bob Cunningham) writes:

> I think mangled palindromes are fun, but so far as I know I may be 
> the only one who thinks so.

   Apparently Bob's plethora of dictionaries does not include _The
Devil's DP Dictionary_, by Stan Kelly-Bootle, which explains how 
those who suffer from palindromophobia can be treated with phrases 
such as:

Madam, I'm Fred.
A man, a plan, a canal -- Suez!
Able was I ere I saw Josephine.

--
misrael@scripps.edu			Mark Israel

David Nebenzahl (neb@microtech.com) wrote:
: I'm searching for palindromes. Could somebody tell me if this newsgroup 
: ever has any? If not, does anyone know what newsgroups might?

: All I trot for is a Sir of tortilla...  (bad example, I know!)

: Neb (David Nebenzahl: neb@microtech.com)


: Thanks!

 
 The two classics are Adam's introduction to Eve:  Madam I'm Adam
 and Napoleon's lament:  Able was I ere I saw Elba

In article <D7Ms74.3Do@torfree.net> Ira Vine, ax906@torfree.net writes:
> The two classics are Adam's introduction to Eve:  Madam I'm Adam
> and Napoleon's lament:  Able was I ere I saw Elba

Or as the prostitute wrote

A slut was I, ere I saw Tulsa.

Jerry