Thursday Thirteen -13 Palindromes I’ve Used In Books
October 11, 2007
I love words – I own like 40 dictionaries and there’s nothing like getting lost in one or ten, and I’m always jotting down little used or unusual words I come across in other authors’ books. So I suppose it’s no big surprise I ended up a writer, messing with words is my passion. It all started in fifth grade in Mrs. Howerda’s class when we studied words beyond the normal noun, verb, adverb, adjective,–like homonyms (which are now called homophones) synonyms, antonyms, allegories, onomatopoeias (words that sound like they’re spelled brr, whoosh, boom) Then Mrs. H talked about palindromes and explained what they were; I was smitten with the idea that a word can be spelled the same backward and forward. The very first romance I wrote had a palindrome in the title (RADAR LOVE), as did the second (DIRTY DEEDS). Here are some of my faves in order:
1. Deified
2. Racecar
3. Radar
4. Deed
5. Madam
6. Gag
7. Peep
8. Kook
9. Wow
10. Refer
11. Eve
12. Kayak
13. Civic
Anyone have any additional ones to add?
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Carrie Lofty said:
Sex at noon taxes. 🙂
Heh — my code words were “mistakes president.”
Ann Aguirre said:
Palindromes are fun. You forgot a vital one.
Mom.
Moondancer Drake said:
Heh, this is the second TT on palindromes. They are facinating.
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Charlene Teglia said:
There’s always the ever-popular “BoB”. : D
Xakara said:
Number 1 has always been one of my favorites. And like Charlene pointed out, you gotta love bob. *grin*
~X
Lesley said:
Oh I just love palindromes! They are so much fun!
Morgan St. John said:
Nice list 😀
I suck at word games…
Mechele Armstrong aka Lany of Melany Logen said:
Okay that is a cool list. I’m not good with seeing things like in words. I used to suck at word unscrambles in school.
Kelly McCrady said:
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama
shiloh walker said:
oh, ann… mom is absolutely the vital one. 😉
Lorelei said:
Geez, I hope the other palindrome TT is not the person as when I posted the color TT – will they think I’m copying them? I’m not! I swear! I posted this last night right when I thought of it.
Yeah, Mom is a vital one, how did I miss it?
Bob – heh – bob and gag together are interesting 🙂
I’m usually pretty good at word games, but I literally shudder when I see Sudoku puzzles –
Susan Helene Gottfried said:
Hmm. I’m usually good with these, but I’m watching Little House with #2 at the moment and my attention’s split.
I’ll have to mull this over and get back to you.
Happy TT, Lorelei!
Joely said:
Words can be so much fun–until I can’t think of exactly the word I want and waste hours flipping through dictionaries!
Shelley Munro said:
I’ve never heard of these before.
Open Grove Claudia said:
How cool – boy what a great list!
Amy Ruttan said:
Very cool list. Happy TT.
Gabriella Hewitt said:
LOL! I admit it. I have never spent time thinking about this. A very unusual list, one I’m not likely to forget soon.
Happy TT.