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Ray Hamel

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May 14, 1993, 2:47:21 PM5/14/93
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I'm trying to develop a list of famous people whose
last names are palindromic. So far I've come up with:

MONICA SELES
YOKO ONO
RON NESSEN
ANAIS NIN
DARYL HANNAH

Can anyone come up with others?
Please send your answers to: ha...@primate.wisc.edu.
I will post whatever names I eventually accumulate. Thanks.

Ray Hamel
University of Wisconsin

Dan Bergmann

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May 14, 1993, 4:34:19 AM5/14/93
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How about
KING TUT
WALLY PIP baseball player (or was it pipp?)
DR. PAP (developer of the pap smear??)
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Ed Suranyi

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May 15, 1993, 6:13:12 PM5/15/93
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In article <1t16pb$5...@danberg.llnl.gov> d...@danberg.llnl.gov (Dan Bergmann) writes:
>In article <1t0pfp...@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, ha...@uakari.primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) writes:
>|> I'm trying to develop a list of famous people whose
>|> last names are palindromic. So far I've come up with:

>How about

> DR. PAP (developer of the pap smear??)

I believe the doctor had a very long Greek name that started with "Pap",
so that's what people called the test. The name as a whole is hard
to pronounce at a glance, and it's certainly not a palindrome.

Ed
e...@wente.llnl.gov


Demetrios Yannakopoulos

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May 18, 1993, 6:27:12 PM5/18/93
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Ed Suranyi (e...@wente.llnl.gov) wrote:

: >How about

: > DR. PAP (developer of the pap smear??)

: I believe the doctor had a very long Greek name that started with "Pap",
: so that's what people called the test. The name as a whole is hard
: to pronounce at a glance, and it's certainly not a palindrome.

: Ed
: e...@wente.llnl.gov

..And may I ask what do you mean exactly by saying that _Papanikolaou_ is
very long, hard to pronounce name???????????

Tsk, tsk, tsk, some people!!!!! ( :-) :-) :-) )


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David Gibbs

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May 18, 1993, 2:52:39 PM5/18/93
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In article <1t16pb$5...@danberg.llnl.gov> d...@danberg.llnl.gov (Dan Bergmann) writes:
>
>In article <1t0pfp...@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, ha...@uakari.primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) writes:
>|>
>|> I'm trying to develop a list of famous people whose
>|> last names are palindromic. So far I've come up with:
>|>
>How about
> KING TUT

TUT is short for Tutenkhamen (sp?)

Jamie Weiss

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May 19, 1993, 7:15:23 PM5/19/93
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Dave Otto, the Pittsburgh Pirate's pitcher.

Andreas Orphanides

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May 19, 1993, 5:42:30 PM5/19/93
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Right on!

Andreas Kyriacos Orphanides ram...@choate.edu
There can be only one.


Jeff Marsh

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May 20, 1993, 12:45:18 PM5/20/93
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In article <1993May19....@Virginia.EDU> jm...@Virginia.EDU ("Jamie Weiss") writes:
>Dave Otto, the Pittsburgh Pirate's pitcher.

Jim Otto, formerly with the Oakland (and maybe) L.A. Raiders.

Semele Halkedis

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May 24, 1993, 10:30:07 AM5/24/93
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In article <C7AMy...@choate.edu>, ram...@paul.choate.edu (Andreas Orphanides) writes:
|> In article <1993May18....@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> d...@yoohoo.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
|> >Ed Suranyi (e...@wente.llnl.gov) wrote:
|> >
|> >: >How about
|> >: > DR. PAP (developer of the pap smear??)
|> >
|> >: I believe the doctor had a very long Greek name that started with "Pap",
|> >: so that's what people called the test. The name as a whole is hard
|> >: to pronounce at a glance, and it's certainly not a palindrome.
|> >
|> >: Ed
|> >: e...@wente.llnl.gov
|> >
|> >..And may I ask what do you mean exactly by saying that _Papanikolaou_ is
|> >very long, hard to pronounce name???????????
|> >
|> >Tsk, tsk, tsk, some people!!!!! ( :-) :-) :-) )
|> >--
|> > Demetrios Yannakopoulos Grumman Technical Services
|>
|> Right on!
|>
|> Andreas Kyriacos Orphanides ram...@choate.edu
|> There can be only one.

I just couldn't resist! Here, here. :)

Semele Evangeline Halkedis sem...@lazarus.ims.bellcore.com

EXT 3412

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May 25, 1993, 3:22:17 PM5/25/93
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In article <1tgciu$n...@s1.gov>, j...@s1.gov (Jeff Marsh) writes:
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> Jim Otto, formerly with the Oakland (and maybe) L.A. Raiders.

Toby Harrah, former Cleveland Indian and Texas Ranger (interesting combination)

DAN
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Sharon Belville

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May 26, 1993, 10:42:03 AM5/26/93
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In article <1993May25.1...@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> lu...@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (EXT 3412) writes:
>In article <1tgciu$n...@s1.gov>, j...@s1.gov (Jeff Marsh) writes:
>>
>> Jim Otto, formerly with the Oakland (and maybe) L.A. Raiders.
>
>Toby Harrah, former Cleveland Indian and Texas Ranger

Daryl Hannah, actress
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Sharon Belville

Naomi Davies

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May 26, 1993, 10:48:29 AM5/26/93
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Howsabout Daryl HANNAH (from Splash, Leagle Eagles,etc)?


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May 27, 1993, 1:17:05 PM5/27/93
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Nice try, but wrong in every case! TUT was a contraction of TUTANKHAMEN. As you
surmised, the correct spelling of the ballplayers name was PIPP and finally the
good doctor spelled his name PAPANICKALAU (or something like that). Don't feel
too bad, I've probably incorrectly spelled both the names of the doctor and the
king :-).

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