MyLinh Shattan

Today is a Numeric Palindrome

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Today has a date format which is a numeric palindrome. Or, a palindromic number. Or, a palindromic number sequence. Fun, if you’re in to such things as I am, sequences and syntax and such. Or alliteration. Or sentence fragments.

I hadn’t noticed when I saved this daily Instagram post, because I use a format with letters for the month: 22MAR23. Harder to see a palindrome there.

Palindrome is a “word, phrase, etc., that reads the same backwards as forwards.” (Shorter OED, 5th Ed)

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Mar 22, 2023

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  1. Karen Campe
    Karen Campe on March 22, 2023 at 2:39 pm

    Every day this week (and part of next) will also be a palindrome date!
    32023
    32123
    32223
    32323
    32423
    32523
    32623
    32723
    32823
    32923

    • mylinhshattan
      mylinhshattan on March 22, 2023 at 2:59 pm

      I LOVE THIS, thank you for writing. Patterns patterns patterns. To see them is human. To see them in the future is divine.

    • mylinhshattan
      mylinhshattan on March 22, 2023 at 3:01 pm

      Your column reminds me of an odometer with only the third, or middle, digit advancing. Palindrome Central!

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Mylinh Shattan is a writer who has lived on three continents, served in the Army, worked in corporate America, and taught in college. She loves adventures, in the world and in the mind. Literature is relevant and learning is a lifelong pursuit, so you might as well have a bit of fun along the way.

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