Variations on the Panama palindrome
- A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama!
- A Dan, a clan, a canal - Canada! (Thanks to Mark Kanzler)
- A man, a plan, a cat, a canal -- Panama!
- A man, a pain, a mania - Panama! (Thanks to Gareth)
- A man, a plan, a butt tub - anal Panama! (Thanks again to Gareth)
- A Foof, A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama foofa. (Thanks to dsebba)
- A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal --
Panama!
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A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura,
maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan,
a tag, a banana bag again, or: a camel, a crepe, pins, spam,
a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal -- Panama!
- A 540-word version is due to Dan Hoey:
Click here to see the palindrome.
For the history of this palindrome, see
http://www.nielsenhayden.com/~pnh/hoey.html
- A 15,139-word version generated by Peter Norvig is available at
http://www.norvig.com/palindrome.html.
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