Posted
May 10, 2015
In
the U.S., today is 5-10-2015.
Take
out the date-dividers, and it's 5102015.
Read
this number backwards, and it's 5102015.
In
other words, exactly the same!
Palindromes
are words or numbers that read the same backwards and forwards. Every
time the numeric form of a date is a palindrome, we declare it
Palindrome Day!
We
don't get to celebrate Palindrome Day all that often. Pretty much
just once a year.
Here
are a list of the next few:
- June 10, 2016 6-10-2016
- July 10, 2017 7-10-2017
- August 10, 2018 8-10-2018
- September 10, 2019 9-10-2019
- February 2, 2020 02-02-2020
- January 20, 2021 1-20-2021
- December 2, 2021 12-02-2021
However,
most European countries write the day first, then the month and the
year. So they have different Palindrome Days:
- 5 October 2015 5-10-2015
- 6 October 2016 6-10-2016
- 7 October 2017 7-10-2017
- 8
October 2018 8-10-2018
- 9 October 2019 9-10-2019
- 2 February 2020 02-02-2020
- 12 February 2021 12-02-2021
One
Palindrome Day is on both lists. Can you spot it?
Palindromes
are usually words such as Dad,
madam,
or racecar.
Remember, the definition of a palindrome is that it is read the same
backwards or forwards. Some people enjoy creating palindromes that
are phrases or entire sentences. The longer they are, the sillier
they tend to be. For example:Eva, can I stab bats in a cave? Was it a car or a cat I saw?
Some
are just really good advice:
Step on no pets.
Some
people even have palindromic names. A Japanese novelist and manga
writer, Nisio Isin, often writes his name in a way to emphasize that
it is an palindrome:
NisiOisiN
Here
are a lot more palindromes, and here are some links for more
palindrome activities – including palindrome word squares!
Also
on this date:
Plan
ahead:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
And
here are my Pinterest boards for:
The palindrome of 12 February 2021 is also the date of this year's Chinese New Year!
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