Letter: Nominative palindromy

From Teresa Moon

Reading your piece about nominative palindromy reminded me of when I was a student at Cranfield University (Feedback, 3 December). One of the lecturers, Joe Nellis, told us about his previous post, where his office was next door to that of a Joan Ellis. No doubt this kept the receptionist highly amused when visitors called to see one of them.

From Hugh Newbury

There’s a possible extension to nominative palindromy. There is a China specialist in Washington DC named Bates Gill — you may Google for him. This is more than just a case of nominative palindromy with Bill Gates. I would call it nominative Spoonerpalindromy.

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