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.
January 18, 2006, 17:49
<Asa Lovejoy>
Hellooooooo... Was this a stupid question?
January 18, 2006, 18:23
zmježd
Quincucial palindromes? Not really right, but from a favorite Latin quincunx '5/12ths'. Propinquous palindromes? Horseshoe palindromes? Stop me.
—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
January 18, 2006, 18:31
Kalleh
Not stupid, Asa. I just didn't know the answer.
January 18, 2006, 19:47
Seanahan
quote:
Was this a stupid question?
Pretty much. : )
January 19, 2006, 07:25
wordnerd
Not stupid at all. It's just that I haven't got a clue.
Asa, since you thought of the question, you should have the honor of coining a name, or posing the question to Marilyn vos Savant.
January 19, 2006, 07:46
Robert Arvanitis
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.
RJA
January 19, 2006, 10:39
arnie
How about alindromep?
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
January 20, 2006, 04:03
Caterwauller
quote:
Hellooooooo... Was this a stupid question?
I must agree with most here - it's a great question! You've just stumped everyone!
******* "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama
February 17, 2006, 10:27
pearce
quote:
Originally posted by Asa Lovejoy: Hellooooooo... Was this a stupid question?
What about an 'enDcyclical pallindrome ?This message has been edited. Last edited by: pearce,
