On Tuesday 31 December 2002 19:28, you wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 06:31:19PM -0500, Robert Foxworth wrote:
> > (snip)
> >
> > "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!"
> >
> > -- Roosevelt
>
> HAHA. coloratura is _barely_ a word, but it checks out.
Actually it is a soprano who sings with florid ornamentation.
It's a valid english word.
Smitty
>
> The guy had way too much time on his hands. Prolly would have liked
> installing Gentoo.
>
> Anyway: http://eserver.org/langs/palindromes.txt
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