EDIFYING NONSENSE : July 2017

WORDPLAY post #65

Alphabetic Lists of Directed Palindromes

EDITOR: Giorgio Coniglio, December, 2016.

A portion of this material was originally posted on " SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", included in the blogpost "Canalindromes", and transferred to this blog February, 2017- see post #15.
In the current formulation, palindromes dealing with geographic placenames other than Panama have been separated and highlighted on this post. Contributions are a mix of phrases drawn from standard lists and those concocted by the author. A few late additions were gleaned from an Atlantic Monthly contest in 1996.

ETHICAL CONSIDERATION: "Anagrams and palindromes are not invented by their 'creator', only reported."

FOLLOW-UP NOTE: Interested readers might also like to check out the follow-up post #68: "Geographic Palindromes from the Old World"

PANAMA CANAL
See post #15: Canalindromes

U.S.A

AKRON
Okay, Akron OH; honor kayak. O!

AMANA (Iowa)
A man, a panama - Amana (Panama).

ANN ARBOR (MI)
Rob ran, nailed deli - Ann Arbor.

ALASKA
Kayak salad - Alaska yak.
A "k" salad, or ... elk-cub, parka, yak, lee, kraft, inky knit, far keel,
kayak-rap, buckle, rod - Alaska.
E. Montana man at Nome.

ANNAPOLIS (MD)
Silo pan, nature rut - Annapolis.

BANGOR
ME, Bangor - frog nab'em.

BOSTON
Not so, Boston.
Not sober re Boston.
Not so bad, Ida - Boston.
Not so. Bees see Boston.
A man, a Pam? Not sob I – Boston, MA (Panama).
No 'D', no 'L' re Boston. Not sober. London !

BUTTE (MT)
Butte dibs: bidet tub.
E. Butte MT met tube.

CINCINNATI
Re Cincinnati: - tannic, nicer!
E.Cincinnati: tannic, nice!

CLEVELAND
DNA level C - Cleveland.
Ho! DNA level C - Cleveland OH.

ERIE
Erie ere Eire.
Ape-ire - Erie PA.
A man, ape-ire - Erie (Panama).
A man; a plan, ace; ire - Erie Canal (Panama).

FRESNO
Fresno CA - bacon serf.

IDAHO
O, had I a tip: pita - Idaho.
O, had I a tip: acre potato per capita - Idaho.
O, had I nine men in Idaho!
Idaho! Yoyo had I.

ILLINOIS
Passion! Illinois, sap!
Tension: Illinois net.

INDIANA
An aid? Nix Indiana.
Silo pan aid? Nix Indianapolis.

KANSAS
Trade Kansas' naked art.
De Sade, "Kansas is as naked as Ed."
Tip: E. Kansas is a snake pit.
Tip: Topeka's sake-pot pit.
Topekan's snake pot.
Trace Kansas as a snake cart. [et al.]

LODI (CA)
Idol - Lodi.

Acid; olé -- Lodi CA.

LOS ANGELES
No medal, L.A. demon.

MACON
No camera re Macon.

MAINE
Maine, ergo green I am.
Name no Maine men. I am one, man.

MAR-A-LAGO
O gal! A rampant nap - Mar-a-Lago.

MIAMI
I maim foe of Miami.
Miami's civics: "I maim."
I maim niece in Miami.

NAPA
A cap, an app, Pa – Napa CA.
A cap, a nap, Pa - Napa CA.
Yell, Ava, "Pan!" - Napa Valley.
A man, a Papa - Napa (Panama).

NEVADA
Ad, "A ventral art - Nevada"
Ad, "A venture rut -Nevada".
A man, a pad, a venture rut - Nevada (Panama)

NEW YORK
"Not New York", Roy went on.

NIAGARA
Far again gig - Niagara F.
Niagara, O roar again!
Let O'Hara gain an inn in a Niagara hotel.
[see also: Canada]

OMAHA
A ham - Omaha.
A ham - one: N. Omaha.
Ah! A modem; raft farmed - Omaha.
Ah! A moniliasis. Ail in Omaha.
Women. Ah! a mode, Ed - Omaha NE. Mow!

PASADENA
A can, Ed (a sap) - Pasadena CA.

RENO
Reno gal - a goner.
"Reno, Sir. Plan a canal." Prisoner.
One resort rose: Reno.

SCRANTON
Not narcs? Scranton.
Scranton's kooks not narcs.

TAMPA
E. Tampa lapmate.

TOPEKA
Topeka- fake pot.
(see also Kansas)

TOLEDO
Ode? Lots. - Toledo.

TUCSON
No scut - Tucson.
No scut. Raw war, Tucson.
No 'S'; cut Tucson.

TULSA   [homage to "Route 66"]
66
Ruote - Detour!   [ruote = It. for 'wheels']
Tulsa tips: "66, spit”, a slut.
A slut, a plan, a canal, Pa - Tulsa.
A slut, “Nightlife, filth, gin – Tulsa.”
A slut nixes sex in Tulsa.

UTAH
Splash at Utah's alps.

VIDALIA
A Gail, a diva – Vidalia GA.
A man, a pail, a divo - Vidalia (Panama).

WALLA WALLA
All a Wall! awe - Walla Walla. 31
All a Wall! awe - E. Walla Walla.
All a wall, a wonder! Red? No. Walla Walla.

All a wall - awesome memos - E. Walla Walla.

WASILLA (AK)
If I were all I saw – Wasilla ere wifi.
I'm, alas, all I saw - Wasilla salami.
AK rap: All I saw? Wasilla, parka.

YOSEMITE
Spare time, so Yosemite raps.
Did I go Yosemite? Not one time, so Yogi did.

YREKA
Yreka Bakery.
A cakery? Yreka CA .
An ad: “Yreka Fakery. Dana”.
Ragús. Yreka cakery – sugar!

CANADA

ACADIA
Aid a canal-panel, Lena; plan - Acadia.

CANADA
A cad, an Act - Canada (CA)
A man, a pad, an Act - Canada (Panama)
A Dan, a canal, Lana - Canada.
A Dan, a class, Al - Canada.
Eh (Can.); a pan - a panache.
Oh Canada! sad: a nacho.
Elapid, oh Canada -- bad! A nacho-dip, ale.

EDMONTON
Amen; a pinot, nom de ‘Edmonton’ (Ipanema).

HALIBURTON
Not 'rub', Ila, 'hay' - ya! Haliburton.
No! Not 'rub', Ila. Ho! Ho! Haliburton ON.

LAVAL
No lava! Not on Laval, not on Avalon.

LONDON (ONTARIO)
No! – no ‘D’; no ‘L’ – London ON.
No! No 'D'; No 'L' nor O - N.London ON.
Nacho? No! – no ‘D’; no ‘L’ – London ON (oh!) CAN.

HAMILTON
Not ‘Lima Hotel’; cycle to ‘Hamilton’.
No! Not Lima - Hamilton ON.

MILTON
Not Limbo, Bob - Milton.
No! Not Limbo, Bob - Milton ON.
Not 'limo' - Milton, ON

MALTON
Not 'lamb' - Malton.
No! Not lamb - Malton ON.

MANITOBA
P.M.: A Cabot in a Manitoba camp.

NIAGARA
Niagara, Oh roar again.
Far again gig: Niagara F.
"Niagara, eh?", I hear again.
[see also: USA].

NIPIGON
No GI pint - Nipigon,

ONTARIO
No Ontario nerd eyed Renoir at noon.

OTTAWA
Megawatt - Ottawa gem.

SEVERN
Severn - it felt left in rêves.

TORONTO
Toronto got no rot.
No bar? Got no rot? – Toronto (grab) ON.
He brag, "No. Toronto got no rot." on garb, eh?

YALE (BC) - Site of the Fraser R. gold rush, 1858.
Revolt on Yale; delay not lover.

REST OF THE AMERICAS

ANTILLES
Sell it, Nan - Antilles.

CUBA
A buckle, elk - Cuba.

IPANEMA
Amen! a pie - Ipanema.
Amen! a pin - Ipanema.
Amen! a pit - Ipanema.
Amen! a pill - Ipanema.
Amen! a pier - E. Ipanema.
Amen! a pie-man's name - Ipanema.
Amen! a pie-man. No, Miss. Simon name – Ipanema.
Amen! a Pietist site - Ipanema.
Amen! a Piety-Lyte® – Ipanema.
Amen! a piňata, a tan - Ipanema.
Amen! a pin-up pun - Ipanema.
Amen! a pirate-mate, tame tar - Ipanema.
Amen! a pistol; lots – Ipanema.
Amen! a pixel, Alex - Ipanema
Amen! a pizza, jazz - Ipanema.
A man, a Pa; men, a pit - Ipanema (Panama).

GALAPAGOS
So! gap; a lag. Sides reversed is Galapagos.

GUANTANAMO
Live, Oman! At naught th’ Guantanamo evil.

(ISOLA) DEL REY
Del Rey wall. Lawyer led.

LIMA

Not ‘Lima Hotel’; cycle to ‘Hamilton’.
A million in oil - Lima.

PERU
To Peru: pure pot.

WORDPLAY post #62

Periodic postings of palindromes, Scramble-Town Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, limericks, etc.

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys and other spoofs on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post.