A palindrome is a word or sentence that reads the same forward as it does backward. The words a and I are perhaps the simplest and least interesting palindromes; the word racecar and the name Hannah are more interesting and illustrative. Neither spaces nor punctuation are usually taken into consideration when constructing sentences that are palindromes -- one of the most famous palindromes is A man, a plan, a canal, Panama -- but when the spaces are properly positioned as well, so much the better. An example would be the also famous palindrome Able was I ere I saw Elba, purportedly spoken by Napoleon, referring to his first sighting of Elba, the island where the British exiled him.
Palindromes are a type of palingram called letter palingrams. A palingram is a sentence in which the letters, syllables, or words read the same backward as they do forward. The sentence, "He was, was he?" is a word palingram, because the words can be placed in reverse order and still read the same. The sentence, "I did, did I?" is not only a word palingram but a letter palingram (or palindrome) as well...
2006-06-06 22:13:07
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answered by i crave yours 5
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English... it may desire to be the devil's language... oh, seem! devil spelled backward is lived! And seem spelled backward is kool! Yeah, it is the artwork of jebus... that's subej spelled backward... they are basically words (properly, with the exception of jebus and subej!) that have stepped forward over the years into the English language. each and every be conscious could be spelled backward... would not propose it has a secret which ability.
2016-12-08 07:11:23
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answered by ? 4
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ooh ooh! (like "horshack" from "welcome back kotter")
i know one!
madam im adam
2006-06-06 23:19:31
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answered by greenzooey 2
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