What is your favourite palindrome?

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What is your favourite palindrome?

Mine is:

A santa at NASA
 
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I only know racecar and radar
 
I did not know that palindromes were interesting in the first place.
 
My favorite is "bolton"
 
I hate the ones that don't make sense, like something something canal panama!

A santa at NASA is quite coolEDIT:
http://www.palindromelist.com/longest.htm

this one PWNS yomammas
 
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moose said:
I hate the ones that don't make sense, like something something canal panama!
Two things :

1. The palindrome is workoutable from the part you wrote (...so completing it) : "A man; a plan; a canal - Panama !"

2. It makes sense, don't you think ?
 
Gokul43201 said:
Two things :

1. The palindrome is workoutable from the part you wrote (...so completing it) : "A man; a plan; a canal - Panama !"

2. It makes sense, don't you think ?

That one does. However, others do not
 
yomamma said:
here's my favorite ;)

http://www.norvig.com/pal2txt.html
That is the stupidest thing I've ever seen. It is so bad it pisses me off. It makes no sense whatsoever and it doesn't even use real words. I took the first page and did a word count and came up with 679 words. Then I did a spell check and deleted any that weren't real words when I was done I did another word count and there were only 343 words left. I can make a better one in a matter of a few seconds if I'm allowed to make up words and not make sense, hell mine would at least make sense.

I do believe that I shall list some words that are not to be found in any dictionary because I'm making them up: pu, meh, tgnik, ammi, es, uac, eby, ra, noit, ci, dy, na, nid, nuof, ebott, onera, tah, tsdr, owem, ost, silll, ahsit, aht, ev, eil, eb, odi.

There you go a fifty word palindrome. better than your horrible link
 
Trib, I don't know why but I can't stop laughing at your post :smile: :smile:

EDIT: My word count counted 17261

EDIT2: OHHH you said first page, gotcha ;)
 
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I couldn't spell check the whole thing. I only did the first page according to Microsoft Word. I had to delete every mispelling by hand and I was sick and tired after that. No way I'd attempt the whole thing.
 
what about "may a moody baby doom a yam"
:smile:
 
I like finding palindromes in license plates, zip codes and telephone numbers. The latter two provide amusement at work.
 
aibohphobia- The fear of palindromes.
 
LA Cigar Too Tragical.

It's from a book by Tim Powers called Expiration Date. In the context of the story it actually makes sense.
 
Gokul43201 said:
I'm sure I can't figure this one out ! Perhaps, knowing something about the poster will help...ummm, no, nothing there either.
Take off the last 's' and read it backwards.
If you know Arildno it shouldn't be suprising.:wink:
 
damn Gokul. Don't have much faith in you do they?
 
I'm sorry, I still don't get "the joke." Don't leave me hangin'!
 
Here is a palindrome I stole from The Simpsons.

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