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Re: Was It A Cat I Saw?

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Post by bitwize » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:15 PM UTC

"Whether it's read straight or flipped, it's still Woo Young-woo. Kayak, deed, rotator, noon, racecar, Woo Young-woo."

Re: Was It A Cat I Saw?

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Post by throwamon » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:36 PM UTC

TGRush wrote: post #9

pfdietz wrote: post #2

Aibohphobia: the fear of palindromes. Also: Weird Al's "Bob" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4

Its funny how this is also a palindrome.

I'm sure it was unintentional.

Re: Was It A Cat I Saw?

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Post by giardini » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:55 PM UTC

kleiba wrote: post #4

pfdietz wrote: post #2

Aibohphobia: the fear of palindromes. Also: Weird Al's "Bob" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4

"Video unavailable. The uploader has not made this video available in your country."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAfIikFnvuI

works for me or Google for

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Bob

Re: Was It A Cat I Saw?

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Post by sciuromorpha_ » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 2:02 PM UTC

kleiba wrote: post #4

pfdietz wrote: post #2

Aibohphobia: the fear of palindromes. Also: Weird Al's "Bob" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4

"Video unavailable. The uploader has not made this video available in your country."

This article has broken my brain. I read this and stared at it like "this isn't a palindrome? What are you on about?"

Re: Was It A Cat I Saw?

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Post by onychomys » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 2:12 PM UTC

alexmolas wrote: post #6

Barry Duncan: I wrote a palindrome for a friend that's 800 words long. Peter Norvig: Hold my beer [1] [1]: https://norvig.com/palindrome.html

For those who want to skip to the good part, https://norvig.com/pal3btxt.html

(...I'm personally not at all sure that we should allow " a kCi," as part of the text, that's not a real word, it's a unit of measure!)

Re: Was It A Cat I Saw?

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Post by ronyeh » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 2:22 PM UTC

https://jonagee.com/html/wp_books.php

OTTO: a Palindrama

Was the best book I've read to my kids this year.

My 6 year old has been running around the house talking in palindrome. My mind was blown, and I had a few chuckles at some of the inventive palindromes. The story barely made sense, but it didn't matter. Highly recommended.

Re: Was It A Cat I Saw?

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Post by alpple » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 2:35 PM UTC

was it a car or a cat I saw?

Re: Was It A Cat I Saw?

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Post by pfdietz » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 2:39 PM UTC

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!

-- From Guy Steele, "Common Lisp, The Language (2nd ed.)"

More: https://webhome.phy.duke.edu/~schol/WWW_palindromes.txt

Re: Was It A Cat I Saw?

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Post by Aaargh20318 » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 3:09 PM UTC

This is not a palindrome: "waS I taC a tI saW"

Whitespace and casing is significant.

Re: Was It A Cat I Saw?

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Post by turtlebits » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 4:06 PM UTC

ronyeh wrote: post #16

https://jonagee.com/html/wp_books.php OTTO: a Palindrama Was the best book I've read to my kids this year. My 6 year old has been running around the house talking in palindrome. My mind was blown, and I had a few chuckles at some of the inventive palindromes. The story barely made sense, but it didn't matter. Highly recommended.

Agreed - Jon Agee has another palindrome book titled PALINDROMANIA! (that OTTO seems to be based on).

Also spoonerisms are fun for kids too, Jon Agee has book of those and it's also great. Shel Silverstein has "Runny Babbit" (Goctor Doose always gets a chuckle out of me)