Re: [math-fun] "MALAYALAM" isn't just the longest palindrome
That makes me wonder if there are long palindromic words in other languages.
If we allow words in a sentence to form palindromes, we get some long ones;
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo. Murder for a jar of red rum. Mr. Owl Ate My Metal Worm Napoleon Bonaparte: Able was I ere I saw Elba Are we not pure? “No, sir!” Panama’s moody Noriega brags. “It is garbage!” Irony dooms a man—a prisoner up to new era. The not so long but topical; Rise to vote, sir The maths problem; Never odd or even Then there's palindromic poetry; Doppelganger by James A. Lindon Entering the lonely house with my wife I saw him for the first time Peering furtively from behind a bush -- Blackness that moved, A shape amid the shadows, A momentary glimpse of gleaming eyes Revealed in the ragged moon. A closer look (he seemed to turn) might have Put him to flight forever -- I dared not (For reasons that I failed to understand), Though I knew I should act at once. I puzzled over it, hiding alone, Watching the woman as she neared the gate. He came, and I saw him crouching Night after night. Night after night He came, and I saw him crouching, Watching the woman as she neared the gate. I puzzled over it, hiding alone -- Though I knew I should act at once, For reasons that I failed to understand I dared not Put him to flight forever. A closer look (he seemed to turn) might have Revealed in the ragged moon. A momentary glimpse of gleaming eyes A shape amid the shadows, Blackness that moved. Peering furtively from behind a bush, I saw him for the first time, Entering the lonely house with my wife.
And Dan Hoey, the late and missed member of math-fun, gained some fame from his 540-word palindrome that generalized "A man, a plan, a canal — Panama": <http://www.fun-with-words.com/palin_panama.html <http://www.fun-with-words.com/palin_panama.html>>. —Dan
On Saturday/21November/2020, at 8:08 PM, Stuart Anderson <stuart.errol.anderson@gmail.com> wrote:
That makes me wonder if there are long palindromic words in other languages.
If we allow words in a sentence to form palindromes, we get some long ones;
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo. Murder for a jar of red rum. Mr. Owl Ate My Metal Worm Napoleon Bonaparte: Able was I ere I saw Elba Are we not pure? “No, sir!” Panama’s moody Noriega brags. “It is garbage!” Irony dooms a man—a prisoner up to new era.
That's nothing: 11...1 (with 270343 ones) is a palindromic prime. See A004123. On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 11:24 PM Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
And Dan Hoey, the late and missed member of math-fun, gained some fame from his 540-word palindrome that generalized "A man, a plan, a canal — Panama":
<http://www.fun-with-words.com/palin_panama.html < http://www.fun-with-words.com/palin_panama.html>>.
—Dan
On Saturday/21November/2020, at 8:08 PM, Stuart Anderson < stuart.errol.anderson@gmail.com> wrote:
That makes me wonder if there are long palindromic words in other languages.
If we allow words in a sentence to form palindromes, we get some long
ones;
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo. Murder for a jar of red rum. Mr. Owl Ate My Metal Worm Napoleon Bonaparte: Able was I ere I saw Elba Are we not pure? “No, sir!” Panama’s moody Noriega brags. “It is garbage!” Irony dooms a man—a prisoner up to new era.
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Speaking of word oddities, Ararat (or tarara, as in "tarara boom-de-ay") has one T, two R's, and three A's. Is there any other word having its letter counts form an arithmetic sequence of at least three positive terms? —Dan
Sleeveless. On 11/21/20 22:21, Dan Asimov wrote:
Speaking of word oddities, Ararat (or tarara, as in "tarara boom-de-ay") has one T, two R's, and three A's.
Is there any other word having its letter counts form an arithmetic sequence of at least three positive terms?
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A great find! —Dan
On Saturday/21November/2020, at 10:44 PM, Andres Valloud <ten@smallinteger.com> wrote:
Sleeveless.
On 11/21/20 22:21, Dan Asimov wrote:
Speaking of word oddities, Ararat (or tarara, as in "tarara boom-de-ay") has one T, two R's, and three A's. Is there any other word having its letter counts form an arithmetic sequence of at least three positive terms? —Dan _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
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I found two 10-letter (4 disctinct) words having this property: sereneness sleeveless And a bunch of 6-letter (3 distinct) words: Assisi Canaan Mennen acacia assays banana baobab bedded cocoon deemed doodad eddied eerier effete heeded horror hubbub inning lessee mammal mammas messes needed papaya peeped peeper pepped pepper pippin powwow reefer revere rococo salsas seeded senses settee tattoo teeter teethe titbit wedded weeded Tom Dan Asimov writes:
Speaking of word oddities, Ararat (or tarara, as in "tarara boom-de-ay") has one T, two R's, and three A's.
Is there any other word having its letter counts form an arithmetic sequence of at least three positive terms?
—Dan
TK: "I found two 10-letter words having this [four of one letter, three of a second letter, two of a third letter, and one of a fourth letter] property: sereneness, sleeveless." Robert Cass Keller wrote "Tennessee's Sleeveless Pepperette" in Word Ways (V15, #2; 1982): https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2706&context=w... Mark Chubb in a twitter post one year ago tomorrow has peppertree and reassesser. Jeff Miller's online "A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia" has coeffeoffe, shahanshah, and tentretene.
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