Soap Dealers and Beer Barons

Authors

Eugene J. Ulrich

Abstract

I've been suffering from an inferiority complex ever since reading about that 15-letter Finnish palindrome for a soap-dealer, SAIPPUAKAUPPIAS. Surely the English language can come up with something longer than the 7-letter ROTATOR, REPAPER or DEIFIED. (Yes, I know of the 9-letter MALAYALAM and the 11-letter KINNIKINNIK variant, but these are both borrowed words from non-European languages.)

Recommended Citation

Ulrich, Eugene J. (1982) "Soap Dealers and Beer Barons," Word Ways: Vol. 15 : Iss. 4 , Article 7.
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