Getting back to Glenn's example (I'm a bit behind on my e-mail): > That's correct. An example is "Madam, I'm Adam." If you ignore the > spaces and punctuation, that becomes MADAMIMADAM, which is the same > sequence of letters either forward or backward. This is a nice example (particularly for Ada) because of what you get as you trim the ends (and adjust case, punctuation, and spacing): "Adam, I'm Ada." -- Maybe he wasn't talking to Eve! "Dam, I mad!" -- Weak on spelling and grammar, but it makes some sense. "Am I Ma?" -- Mother has amnesia? "mim" -- At least it's a word! "I" -- Ditto - Jim Hassett