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Re: palindrome to pluralize

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 4:07
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> Tas -> sat does not form a palindrome anywhere. That's just > reversal. Tas -> tassat forms a palindrome. Duplication is just the > mechanism ised to get a palindrome result. Other mechanisms are > possible but less general. >
Doesn't this depend on the form of writing? I seem to remember that Chinese palindromes reverse the order of characters. So tas kin could be tas kin kin tas in the plural. Just a suggestion, -- Andrew Smith -- hobbit@griffler.co.nz -- http://hobbit.griffler.co.nz/homepage.html "If you are gonna rebell you have to wear our uniform."

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