I was browsing the palindromes at mockok.com and found the comments on a palindrome pattern that Timi Imit calls “multiple middles.” One of the more famous patterns is “Eva, can I ... in a cave?” Replace the three dots with any palindromic phrase that fits the grammar of the question. For example, “Eva, can I dump mud in a cave?”
My original palindrome, “Pu, can I snort celeb electrons in a cup?” has a similar pattern. So I decided to work on a few examples of this pattern. Some aim for a longer middle. Others simply use ananym pairs, the two different words that are the reverse of each other. I used the Franklin’s Palindromedary Ananym list to find some pairs that worked. In two cases I added the word “a” in the middle for better grammar. Many more possibilities remain, including creating original multi-middle patterns.
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I’ve had a lifelong interest in English and writing, which I maintained throughout my engineering career. My computer language skills and open-source word lists made the Palindromedary possible, along with a sense of how to apply technology to the task of composing a palindrome. Drawing on my web development experience since 2002, a website seemed the natural choice for first publication.
