Word: planalp
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Since Mr. Planalp (TIME, Aug. 16) has started a roster of "Names-in-a-million," I beg to submit my own surname, formerly of no little distinction in the New York publishing circles (New York Staats- Zeitung). For purity of origin and significance of meaning, I think it is a name that will favorably compare with any you may find, for your roster of reversible names...
...Sioux City, Iowa, Cigar-Store Manager E. H. Planalp of 1918 Jones Street boasted to newsgatherers that his was "a name in a million," being reversible. His Swiss grandfather had made it from the original, unwieldy Aubplanalp. "I've met lots of people," chuckled Mr. Planalp, "and I've been in quite a few towns and cities in the U. S., but I've never yet met anyone-with the exception of members of my own family, who can spell the surname backwards and forwards with the same result." Idlers suggested appropriate names for Mr. Planalp...