Why didn’t we make all the letters in the English language symmetrical?
Palindromes would be so much more impressive-looking were all the letters symmetrical.
RACECAR.
Sure, we know that “racecar” is spelled the same forwards and backwards…but to illiterates, “racecar” is just a jumble of nonsense.
I don’t think you can call something palindromic if it doesn’t appear to be a palindrome. Linguistic palindromes are merely philosophical, but not physical. Linguistic palindromes should, instead, be physically symmetrical.
We need new letters to aid our efforts here, but you already knew that—didn’t you?
XOXOX = a true palindrome, both philosophically and geometrically. No matter how you dissect “XOXOX,” both halves mirror their counterpart.
POOP = philosophical palindrome, but not truly symmetrical. No matter how you dissect “POOP,” it cannot mirror its counterpart because the “P” itself isn’t symmetrical.
Make “P” symmetrical.
The same goes for every letter except “O,” “I, and “X” (that’s right; I’m talking horizontally AND vertically symmetrical—nice try, letters that try to fool us because you’re symmetrical, but actually only symmetrical in one direction (I’m talking to you, “Y!”)!)
Also, the punctuation right above this sentence is 100% correct. It may look absurd—almost like it’s one long typo—but yeah—totally correct. I just needed to preemptively respond to any erroneous grammatical corrections that may have otherwise emerged had I not included this explanation.
That’s enough.
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
