Solution to 6: Lost in Transliteration
These are paraphrasings of palindromic sentences with one letter changed. The replacement letters spell out ANDREW BIRD TRACK, which is Fake Palindromes.
Don't squish any peas under your foot.
Step on no pets -> Step on no peas (A)
I'm not sure If I was looking at an automobile or a metal food container.
Was it a car or a cat I saw? -> Was it a car or a can I saw? (N)
Mrs., I must inform you that I am a father.
Madam, I'm Adam -> Madam, I'm a dad (D)
It's too stuffy in here to cheer for my favourite team.
Too hot to hoot -> Too hot to root (R)
Couples shouted out to start the revolution.
Won't lovers revolt now? -> Went lovers, "Revolt now!" (E)
The state of the Dow Jones Industrial Average caused a kerfuffle in a pagoda.
A dog! A panic in a pagoda! -> A Dow! A panic in a pagoda! (W)
A design by one man left Panama in an unoriginal state.
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama -> A man, a plan, a banal Panama (B)
Recall the name of a single Mineral Engineering student.
Name now one man. -> Name now one Min. (I)
Hurting this cranky child will cause a sweet potato's downfall.
May a moody baby doom a yam? -> Mar a moody baby, doom a yam. (R)
Mice would never plunge into a malicious celestial body.
Rats live on no evil star. -> Rats dive on no evil star. (D)
No foot has ever been too wide for my shoes.
Never a foot too far, even. -> Never a foot too fat, even (T)
Neither my mother nor I have any peasants.
Ma is as selfless as I am -> Ma is as serfless as I am. (R)
I was in my prime when I first came to Scotland.
Able was I ere I saw Elba -> Able was I ere I saw Alba (A)
Congratulations, mister, the prize is an automobile!
Now, sir, a war is won! -> Now, sir, a car is won! (C)
Oppressed moose from a distant land, come to me.
Flee to me, remote elf -> Flee to me, remote elk (K)
Probably the most obvious indications of this mechanic are the references to "Panama" and "a pagoda". Most of the sentences came from here, which can be found pretty quickly once you know you're looking for palindromic sentences.
FAKE PALINDROMES