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astonishingly long yet coherent DOC, NOTE, I DISSENT. A FAST NEVER PREVENTS A FATNESS. I DIET ON COD.



IMHO the all time best palindrome is "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama."


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The Panama Canal one is my favorite, too.

Wish somebody would beat that one!


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What are you replying to, Alex? And why the new thread? Is the AWAD gremlin acting up again?


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Alex posted at 6:00 or so this morning by AWAD clocks...so his thread started earlier than the other palindrome thread by a couple of hours, didn't it?


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Actively, he was responding to the AWAD email for today.

The Panama one is good, certainly, for coherency and colloquial flow (if somewhat ad-speakish or headliney) where most, like the Diet of Cod, are rather awkward. The Potato Pan one has a certain ludicrous panache that I find especially attractive.


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Here's one that should go down well hereabouts:

I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori

(from http://www.realchange.org/pal/authors.htm)


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Yeah, WW, it looks like Alex posted first. Wonder why I didn't see it the first time around?

Oh, and thanks, Faldage, for the clarification. I hadn't even read my WAD yet.

Now I think I'll go off and do something useful (sorry for the confusion!)


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Here's one that should go down well hereabouts:

I suspect that should be go up well, ma petit poisson.


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that should be go up well
But what goes down must come up, ma tante de la plume.

ma petit poisson
Poissonette - a little girl fish that catches herself out.


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Here's one that should go down well hereabouts:

Anna




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A new order began; a more Roman age bred Rowena.


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Sorry for the bump, but I just had to share. Did you know that if you use palindromes frequently, you could be referred to as a "ciloholic"? (a person who is addicted to palindromes)

Source: my Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre book, page 187 (the Language chapter, the "Vocabulary Stretchers" subsection)

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I topi non avevano nipoti
Mice had no grand-sons ( and grand-daughters).

Nipote is no sexist word.



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