How long the palindrome?
As you know, a palindrome word is one which reads the same forwards or backwards.
Examples:
reviver
repaper
What is the longest common English palendromic word?
Is there one longer than 7 letters?
Examples:
reviver
repaper
What is the longest common English palendromic word?
Is there one longer than 7 letters?
posted by Zaux at
8:17 PM
20 Comments:
racecar
Notlob
hi Chris ...
palindrome? ... notlob
Knightmare ...
racecar is a nice 7-letter
NOTLOB ... jeez! ... the Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch
Chris ...
I am interested in purchasing some British humor ... which of these do you like the best?:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie: Complete C
Collection
Black Adder: Complete Set
Jeeves & Wooster: Complete Series
Black Adder
Dammit I'm mad.
can't think of any long ones...
rotavator for 9!
Here is the longest palindromic 'sentence' (or collection of random words!) - 17826 words!
http://norvig.com/pal17txt.html
Hi Zaux, I'm glad you spotted it the Python palindrome (and the sketch).
I'll vote for Black Adder.
Karl ... thanks for your opinion "Black Adder" ...
Thanks Chris ... that's 2 votes for Black Adder ...
I'm also considering the QI series
Annonymous is in the lead with "rotavator" ... 9 letters
I hate to write this, but I think that someone here at work needs a little dose of shame...
After hearing the question, he pondered for a while, and came up with kayak.... so far, so good. He then asked the question, "can you think of any numeric palindromes with nine numbers, or more...?"
Shameful enough you might think, but I responded with "No, the highest known palindromic number is three digits".
Sadly 1/2 an hour later he came back with a 5 digit palindrome.
I can't wait for him to come back with some biggies by the end of the day.
He teaches religion or some such nonsense... and you know who you are Father Hunwicke!
Karl ...
jeez! surely he's joking ... is he a blonde?
On the subject of palindromic numbers, there's the 196 problem.
Wiktionary has a good list of long palindromes, including "tattarrattat" (12 letters, coined by James Joyce for Ulysses and never used since) and "detartrated" (11 letters, also somewhat contrived)
I know of an 11 letter one... which I will hold until everyone has had a chance to voice
Ross ...
read the 196 problem ... that's pretty interesting
here's the longest one I have:
kinnikinnik ...(11 letters)
it is also called bearberry ... evergreen ground cover, best grown in sandy soil and will tolerate drought conditions
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Hi Ross. Thanks for the 196 link.
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