Palindromes

words and expressions spelled the same forward and backward

(not counting spaces and punctuation)

I know there are long lists already available. I'm only planning to include those I write (or observe) on my own, as well as a select few that impress me.

One of the most famous celebrates the "other" T. R. like this:

A man, a plan, a canal: Panama.

When the Canadians tried to follow suit, it didn't quite work:

A Dan, a canister, a retsina: Canada.

If the first man had spoken English, he may have introduced himself to Eve like this:

Madam, I'm Adam.

But if he had spoken Spanish, he might have called her "nothing":

Nada, yo soy Adán.

• A day, a daytime yammer: a harem may emit, "Yada, yada . . ." ¹
• Ah . . . ahem! It is Pepsi time! Ha! Ha!
• Arts, eh? Crooner & Reno orchestra.
• Bob: Aloha, Mama!   Mama: ¡Hola, Bob! ²
• detail, if fan affiliated
• Diary raid!
• Did I face decaf? I did!
• Dis rat trap's part tar, Sid!
• Don't nod.
• Doth Guantanamo woman, at naught, O.D.?
• Emma, I am me.
• Emo Hall in a vanilla home
• Ever often, I back cabinet for Eve.
• Evita, not a Mato native ³
• gigolo's solo gig
• Go hot! A top potato hog!
• God?? Deified dog! ⁴
• Hand no maid's diamond? Nah!
• Ha! No Jonah!
• He lives evil, eh?
• He stressed desserts, eh?
• Hot car act? Oh!
• Keep dry, Byrd! --Peek
• Kert's plan: an Alps trek
• Knits never even stink.
• Is it I? It is I!
• Laminate poor Roo (pet animal). ⁵
• Lears in Israel
• Live bomb! Mob evil?
• lonely Tylenol
• Look! A Toyota race car! A Toyota? Kool!
• Marge let rat see Star-Telegram. ⁶
• Mike Modano's on a dome, Kim! ⁷
• Name 'er Fifi Freeman.
• Navy reviled a delivery van.
• Nemo: Wow! Two women! ⁸
• Niagara End Near, Again
• No, I target nisus integration. ⁹
• No, it is opposition.
• No lava, not on Avalon.
• No lemons, no melon.
• No melons, no lemon.
• No sir, Pete. Prison.
• No smash, Samson. ¹⁰
• Not so, Boston!
• No, Son. I talk Latino, Son.
• O Garb Media, look! Ta da! Boston, not so bad at Kool-aid embargo! ¹¹
• Oh no! Don Ho!
• on a limb: Milano
• One car. Yale revive relay race? No.
• Oo, hay! Yahoo!
• Panda here had nap.
• Rats! No OnStar!
• reliable Mel Bailer
• reliant nailer
• Repel a leper
• Sad. No Hondas.
• Seiko, for a car of Okies.
• Slang is signals.
• snack cans
• some data demos
• Step on no pets.
• sung forever of gnus
• test set
• Tifton's not fit.
• top drawer as a reward pot ¹²
• Too hot to hoot!
• Tram law at a Wal-Mart?
• Tundra has it; it is a hard nut.
• "We have smart rams." --Eva Hew

¹A yammer is a whimper.
²This is a conversation between my parents, who like Hawaii and who speak Spanish.
³Mato is in Brasil.
⁴Behold, the Egyptian deity Anubis:

⁵Roo is one of Winnie The Pooh's playmates.
⁶The Star-Telegram is a Fort Worth newspaper.
⁷Mike Modano is on the Dallas Stars hockey team.
⁸The good captain was not used to being around the fairer sex.
⁹A nisus is an effort.
¹⁰When we play tennis, he has to lighten up because he's so strong.
¹¹I have no idea what that means!
¹²A former manager of mine kept gifts in his top drawer to give to employees as bonuses.

• Able was I ere I saw Elba.
• Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
• Doc, note: I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.
• Flee to me, remote elf!
• Was it a car or a cat I saw?

Here's another one I really like. Someone must have started like this . . .

Dennis sinned.

. . . and then continued with . . .

Dennis and Edna sinned.

. . . and then . . .

Dennis, Nell, Edna and Ellen sinned.

Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Noel and Ellen sinned.

etc. . . .

Finally ending up with this monstrosity . . .

Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel and Ellen sinned.