Mom & Dad: In a Palindrome?

A palindrome is a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop [From www.dictionary.com]. The term ‘palindrome’ was, apparently, coined by English writer, Ben Jonson in the 1600’s [www.helium.com].

These words are, deliberately, dyslexic however read correctly. The Palindrome principle has been applied to mathematics, with amazing, predictable patterns. Scott Kim, Ph.D. applies this to his designs of symbols (ambigrams), where words read the same, despite being upside-down. Here is an example of his design and fascinating brain.

This principle has been explored in the bestselling novel, ‘The Da Vinci Code’. 

In nature, the sequence of nucleotides on the ‘double-helix’ DNA ‘ladder’ is a palindrome of each other, on the ‘rungs’ (inverted, complementary strand). The DNA follows the way the amino acids, GCAT, are arranged. So, GAATTC is a palindrome of CTTAAG. 

Examples of palindromic words include: 

Mom, Pop, Dad, Hannah (name), Madam, Wow!, Ewe, Tenet 

Examples of palindromes in some established brands: 

Aviva

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Abba

Honda CIVIC

M&M

AXA

Do you know of any other palindromes? The next time you encounter an interesting sounding word, that looks like a mirror-image, it might be a palindrome.