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Words 'It's a palindrome.' 'It can't be a palindrome -- the palindrome of Bolton is Notlob.' "You are a palindromic child. Even before you were a tot playing with your sis and pup, you were the offspring of mom (a mama) and pop (a papa) or dad (a da da). And you are a special palindromic offspring because you are living in the fourth palindromic year of the past eleven. You remember 1991, and MIM and MM — possible Roman numeral representations of 1999 and 2000 and the last time that Arabic or Roman palindromic years will ever again occur consecutively. And now you've arrived at 2002." The Vocabula Review goes round in spelling circles.