<Asa Lovejoy> posted January 17, 2006 19:51
In Marilyn vos Savant's column in the Sunday paper, she mentioned words which are near-palindromes, but require the first letter to be placed at the end of the word to make them read the same backward. Is there a term for these? Examples: potato, assess, voodoo, grammar.
<Asa Lovejoy> posted January 18, 2006 17:49
Hellooooooo... Was this a stupid question?
Member Quincucial palindromes? Not really right, but from a favorite Latin
quincunx '5/12ths'. Propinquous palindromes? Horseshoe palindromes? Stop me.
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Member Not stupid, Asa. I just didn't know the answer.
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Was this a stupid question?
Pretty much. : )
<wordnerd> posted January 19, 2006 07:25
Not stupid at all. It's just that I haven't got a clue.
Member Asa:
Perhaps "cyclical," as in some algebras.
Wrap the word around a clock, with initial letter at Noon. We can read the word clockwise or counter, and call it ambi-chronological.
Member How about
alindromep ?
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Hellooooooo... Was this a stupid question?
I must agree with most here - it's a great question! You've just stumped everyone!
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Originally posted by Asa Lovejoy:
What about an 'enDcyclical pallindrome ?
This message has been edited. Last edited by: pearce , February 17, 2006 10:49
