Monday, 25 May 2020
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Political palindromes, N - P
Glitch Notice: The first palindrome should read: Biden One dib.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set (K to M),
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No, worse! Panders to idiots, rednapes. Row on!
'Nit up' -- sides reversed is -- 'Putin'.
Nip in if I pull up. Pull up if I nip in.
Golf, par, sin-net, pant. Nap, tennis, rap, flog.
"I" on a rap - paranoia.
S,W,E,N (x?) of Fox News.
Star? Come Don. No Democrats.
Nip in if I pull up. Pull up if I nip in.
Golf, par, sin-net, pant. Nap, tennis, rap, flog.
"I" on a rap - paranoia.
S,W,E,N (x?) of Fox News.
Star? Come Don. No Democrats.
Elba? Rudy, "Baby, durable!"
Friday, 15 May 2020
HERPETOLOGIC VERSE: More REPTILES
A continuation of a previous post on this topic
Verses about Geysers, Sep '18
Verses about Frogs, Jan '19
Verses about Trees, Apr '19
Verses about Reptiles, Jun '19
Verses about Waterfowl, June '19
Verses about Waterfowl (part #2), July '19
Verses about Trees (part #2), Aug '19
Verses about Insects, Sep '19
Verses about Waterfowl (part #3), Apr '20
Verses about Reptiles, (part #2), May '20, as above.
AND, continuing into the future ...
Verses about Waterfowl (part #4 - Loons), Aug '20.
Verses about Waterfowl (part #5), Dec '20.
The earlier post about reptiles in June 2019 included the following illustrated verses:
PHOTOS: Unless otherwise noted, embedded photographs were taken with and transferred from Giorgio's cellphone, then formatted using Powerpoint software. No photographic subjects were reimbursed for participating in this undertaking.
BACKGROUND: "herpetology" - the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians. Readers should note that snakes have intentionally been given short shrift in this poetic idyll owing to the marked aversion by the editor's life-partner.
previous poems posted (original collection)
amphisbaenians
amphisbaenians
autotomy
beneficial snakes
broad-headed skinks
brown anoles
Carolina anoles
crocodilians
eastern glass lizards
CURRENT CONTENTS:
Eviction notice
Fence lizards
Five-lined skinks
Geckos (on the ceiling)
Gila monsters
Going green
Herpetophobes
Leaping lizards
Authors' Note: A profusion of tiny setae (filament-hairs) on the lizards' palm-pads, as shown by electron microscopy, explain the gecko's unusual gravity-defying mobility.
Gila monsters are found in southern California, Arizona and northern Mexico. They should enjoy ongoing changes in our climate.
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| green anole, appearing gray, climbing down fencepost |
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| same anole, 2 minutes later |
Authors' Note:
ophidiophobia: an extreme or incapacitating fear of snakes
herpetophobia: a similar anxiety disorder extending to all reptiles
The reptilian suborder Serpentes was previously known as Ophidia, a term derived from ophis, Greek for 'snake'.
Authors' Note: 'Leapin' Lizards' was a classic idiom used to express surprise, long before it was suspected that birds had evolved from reptiles!
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Sunday, 10 May 2020
A bidirectional trip: Canalindromes
ORIGINAL SOURCES: Classic lists, e.g. PalindromeList (PL); Neil/Fred's Gigantic List of Palindromes. provide a portion of the palindromes; the remainder were composed by GC.
Leigh Mercer, a Briton, presumably invented the famous palindrome
A man, a plan, a canal - Panama.
A man, a plan, a canal - Panama.
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| Ben Jonson, inventor of the term palindrome |
NOTES ON EDITING:
Some of these palindromic phrases and sentences fact deal with canal themes; some are selected due to the ultimate emphasis on intriguing place-names.
Other phrases listed here are based on the well-recognized word order of Mercer's classic phrase.
A number of additional phrases were not included here, but for relevance were included in other topic-focused palindrome-collections on this blog, particularly post #8 (Culinary World), post #9 (Political Blurts), #12 (Satan), and #14 (Romance).]
A discussion of historical aspects, and some further examples are found at Panama : Fun-with-Words.
Some of these palindromic phrases and sentences fact deal with canal themes; some are selected due to the ultimate emphasis on intriguing place-names.
Other phrases listed here are based on the well-recognized word order of Mercer's classic phrase.
A number of additional phrases were not included here, but for relevance were included in other topic-focused palindrome-collections on this blog, particularly post #8 (Culinary World), post #9 (Political Blurts), #12 (Satan), and #14 (Romance).]
A discussion of historical aspects, and some further examples are found at Panama : Fun-with-Words.
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| Mercer's famous palindrome |
CANALINDROMES
Having fun with the classic palindrome has
always been a source of delight. So here are a few examples from our collection of "Classic Palindromes and Goofy Variants" to introduce the topic ...
AND HERE ARE ANOTHER 100 OR SO 'PANAMA PALINDROMES', MANY OF WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCLOSED.
A cap, lass, an ass - alpaca.
A car, a man - a maraca. [man can be substituted by mat, or map]
A car, a man afar, a fan, a maraca.
A dog, a pagan, a nag - a pagoda.
A dog, a panic in a pagoda.
A dog, a plan, a cat, a bat, a canal - pagoda.
A flan, a final plan, if an Alfa.
A ion, a rap - paranoia. [poor grammar excused, right?]
A lag, a man, a petite Panama - gala.
A lob, a rap, sin-net, tennis - parabola.
A Maj., a panic in a pajama.
A Maj., a plat, a fan, a fatal pyjama.
A mall, a plan, a canal, Pa - llama.
A man, a pail, a loss, Olga - glossolalia (Panama).
A man, a pain, a mania - Panama.
A man, a palate et al. - a panama.
A man, a pan, a nab, a banana - Panama.
A man, a pang, a salad, a lasagna - Panama.
A man, a panino, O Nina - Panama.
A man, a panorama: Pam, Aron, a panama.
A man, a pasta-salad; alas - 'at's-a Panama.
A man, a pat, a hat - a panama.
A man; a pat fan; el Can.-Am. manacle – NAFTA (Panama).
A man, a pâté, feta - Panama.
A man, a penal-lane - Panama.
A man, a peon, a canoe - Panama.
A man, a person; no 's' re Panama.
A man, a pin-up, pun I - Panama.
A man, a plain, Ed; denial - Panama.
A man, a plan A - banal! - Panama.
A man, a plan, a bat - a banal panama. [bat could be replaced by bat, bar, ball, bass]
A man, a plan, a cab, a canal - Panama. [cab could be replaced by cad, can, cap, car, cat, also call ]
A man, a plan, a call, a canal - Panama
A man, a plan, a cannon, a nonna, canal - Panama. [It. for grandma]
A man, a plan, a canoe: peon, a canal - Panama.
A man, a plan, a canon anon, a canal - Panama.
A man, a plan, a cat, a hat, a canal - Panama.
A man, a plan, acetate canal - Panama.
A man, a plan, if B-- final! - Panama.
A man, a plan, if C -- final! - Panama. etc.
A man, a plan, if C -- final! - Panama. etc.
A man, a plan, if B (if fib), final - Panama.
A man, a plan, if final - Panama.
A man, a plane, venal! - Panama.
A man, a plate, stir grits et al. - Panama.
A man, a planet; ten, Al - Panama.
A man, a poem or Romeo - Panama.
A man, a poison. No! Sí! O Panama.
A man, a pool, a deed, a loo - Panama.
A man, a poser-Pres – O, Panama!
A man, a poseur; rue so! – Panama.
A man, a pot, pogo; GOP to Panama.
A man, a POT-Elect, Cele – to Panama.
A man? A prison. No sir! Panama. (contributed by Sarah Palindrome)
A man, a prop, rot, torpor - Panama.
A man, a pun, gag, a banana bag, a gnu - Panama.
A man, a pun, gnat, a tan, gnu - Panama.
A man apart, Luc. Ultra? - Panama. [Fr. for 'hard-liner']
A man-ape: rare - Panama.
A man, app, eels asleep - Panama.
A man appals; I slap - Panama.
A man, apogee, ego - Panama.
A man, Apollo - Panama.
A man, Apple-Help - Panama.
A nab, a clan, a canal - cabana.
A Nan, a ball, a hall - a banana.
A nan, a brat, a tar - banana.
A nit, a plan, a canal - patina.
A plan, a call, a canal - PA. ['PA' is Panama's international postal abbreviation]
A tip - "Le Falafel" - pita.
A yap, a Papa - papaya.
Al let a plan, a canal - patella. [surgical ligament repair?]
Ale, map. Gals lag, Pamela.
Amen! enamor a Roman enema.
Amen, icy cinema.
Art-seal, a plan, a canal - palaestra.
Ate plate, elk-cub, buckle et al. - PETA.
Dill, a plan, a canal - pallid.
Elle, canal a nacelle. [Fr. - Look it up !]
Max. élan: I gave vaginal exam.
No lavatory? Rot! - Avalon.
No lavabos, (sob) - Avalon.
No sir! plan a canal - Prison.
O Nina, place a caecal panino. [It. - sandwich]
One man a polo-gigolo - panameňo.
One man, a prism, Sir - panameňo.
One man, a prison? no Sir - panameňo.
One man, a palate; snub buns et al. - a panameňo.
One man, Apollo - panameňo. [Sp. for a citizen of Panama]
One man, a perusal, a plan, a canal, pal? - A sure panameňo.
One man, a plan -A.C. (Canal Panameňo).
Satan, I plan a canal - piňatas.
Sine (p), a plan, a canal, Pa - p***s.
Sis, airy task - satyriasis.
Sugar, a psalm - (L.) asparagus.
Sine (p), a plan, a canal, Pa - p***s.
Sugar, a psalm - (L.) asparagus.
And finally.....
LAN, A.C., a man, Apple-Help - Panama Canal.
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