Forward or Backward, It's All the Same in August

Aiken, SC (08/01/2018) — Palindrome is not a widely used word, but it is a "fun" one, according to the director of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at the University of South Carolina Aiken.

"It is simply a sequence of characters that read the same forward and backward," explains Dr. Gary Senn.

Some simple palindrome words include Anna, Bob, level, madam and racecar.

Others are fun phrases, like: "Was it a car or a cat I saw?" and "Never odd or even."

The longest palindrome sentence is 17,826 words long and has 74,633 letters, according Senn.

August 2018 includes a number of palindrome dates, specifically:

8/1/18 - 8118

8/10/18 - 81018

8/11/18 - 81118

8/12/18 - 81218

8/13/18 - 81318

8/14/18 - 81418

8/15/18 - 81518

8/16/18 - 81618

8/17/18 - 81718

8/18/18 - 81818

8/19/18 - 81918

Senn believes the "big celebration of palindrome" is 8/10/2018 - 8102018.

"While August might be hot, you can enjoy this 'cool' phenomenon of the Palindrome Days of August," he added.

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