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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Leland Bryant Ross)
Subject: Re: Longest known palindrome
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Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 01:53:01 GMT
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In a previous article, paul.sampson@octacon.co.uk (Paul Sampson) says:

>Harald Hammarstrm wrote:
>
>> ...
>
>> Not to critisize your palindromes, but is it "legal" to have proper
>> names in a palindrome ?
>
>I've never seen that question asked of palindromes before. Why do
>you think it might not be legal? It would certainly invalidate
>the panamanin and adamic ones - long used as introductory examples.
>
I've never seen that question, either, and it would also invalidate two 
of the first ones *I* ever learned:

  Deer flee freedom in Oregon?  No, Geronimo, deer feel freed.

and the Napoleonic classic

  Able was I ere I saw Elba.

(assuming that among proper names one numbers the geographical ones).

Incidentally, I would think some of the Polynesian languages might have 
some pretty whopping palindromes in their repertoires.  Anybody know any?

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