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Subject:Re: palindromes From:Scott R Knitter <knitters -at- STUDENT -dot- MSU -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 7 May 1993 19:08:11 EDT
VICKI ROSENZWEIG WROTE:
> Joyce, are you saying the "lasagna hog" phrase isn't a
> palindrome because it requires an apostrophe? Otherwise
> it does read the same both ways, and there's precedent for
> ignoring punctuation in palindromes, as in "Madam, I'm
> Adam" and "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama."