Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0013702, Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:00:50 -0400

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Palindromes and anecdotes and riddles
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SKB's Aibohp-phobia presented us with a special kind of
palondrimization, with a split in the middle to create a double and...

I loved the irony. The Panama Canal palindrome example was masterly and
very a-mazing ..
Jansy

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[In response to Jansy's anecdote about the red-painted whistling
puzzle:]

A similar Russian riddle:

A square striped thing is lying under the bed. Any ideas what it might
be?

Alexey

Highly appropriate. Thank you, Jansy.

Andrew rown


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