I Love Me, Vol. I: S. Wordrow's Palidrome EncyclopediaArranged from aa (a type of lava) to Zzz-zzz-zzz (snoring), this book of many happy returns will have everybody reading not only between the lines, but north, south, east, and west along them. Michael Donner, former editor of Games magazine, not only reveals and interprets classic palindromes, such as A man, a plan, a canal: Panama, he offers hundreds of strange and delightful originals. Even better, he takes us on a magical mystery tour of palindromic places, such as Adaven, Nevada; Apollo, PA; and Ekalaka Lake, Montana. The whimsical and erudite commentaries are as much fun as the "dromes" themselves. |
Common terms and phrases
Ababa ABBREVIATION according to BORGMANN actually Airport code Alabama Anagrams and/or Anna area code Attribution unknown AUGARDE BERGERSON Bonobos called capital Census CHISM CHISM credits WORD County desserts dictionary DROME DROMIC Edna Ekalaka Elba emperor English ere I saw ESPY FITZPATRICK following entry French Games gnomes Greek hamlet Illustrated in IRVINE Illustrated in TERBAN Island Japan John JENSEN king KUHNS Lake language Latin letter LINDON Martin GARDNER meaning miles Motto nice OMPHALOSKEPSIS PAIR by BORGMANN pal-lap PALIN Palindromes and Anagrams PALINDROMIC poem PALINDROMIC sentence PALINDROMIC word perhaps POOL Possibly by MERCER Probably by MERCER reported by John REVERSAL PAIR REVERSAL SENTENCE river Roman numerals small town sort Sotades South Spanish spelling strange tenet thing tion town of China U.S. Route verb village wonder WORD PALINDROME WORD SQUARE Wordrow York