What is it called when there are two words or phrases, and one is spelt backwards to make the other word or phrase? Eg. "No Melon, No Lemon" ("NO LEMON" all spelt backwards gives "NO MELON")
2006-12-23 23:09:33 · 13 answers · asked by rubs c 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A "Palindrome"
A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama.
2006-12-23 23:12:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If a word or phrase can be read backward the same as forward (regarless of spacing/punctuation) it is called a palindrome.. Your sentence "No Melon, No Lemon" is an example of this.
If you can rearrange the letters in a word or sentence to create a new one, then it is called an anagram. Lemon=Melon is an example of this.
However, your question got me stumped and sent me on a research mission.. So thankyou for helping me learn something today. I have found the answer to your question. The name for a word or phrase that when read backwards creates a new word of phrase is called a Semordnilap
2006-12-23 23:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by annyka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Palindromes are words that spell the same word backwards. However, for what you're asking, anyone that says it's a palindrome would be incorrect.
From AskOxford:
" There is no generally accepted term. The simplest word for such words is something like semi-palindrome or half-palindrome. However, some other suggestions have been made, including the elegant heteropalindrome, the ugly reversgram (or better, reversible anagram), and the outrageous semordnilap!
The sentence 'rats live on no evil star' is full of these semi-palindromes. "
2006-12-23 23:12:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
A palindrome
A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of units that has the property of reading the same in either direction (the adjustment of punctuation and spaces between words is generally permitted).
To Bill: "Rats live on no evil star" is a palindrome. Rats and star, live and evil, no and on are the semi-palindromes.
2006-12-23 23:12:03 · answer #4 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of units that has the property of reading the same in either direction (the adjustment of punctuation and spaces between words is generally permitted). The word "palindrome" was coined from Greek roots Greek πάλιν (palin) "back" and δρóμος (dromos) "way, direction" by English writer Ben Jonson in the 1600s.
examples:
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2006-12-23 23:16:59 · answer #5 · answered by tamam_lior 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-01 03:29:50 · answer #6 · answered by cheathem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a palindrome when it's the same spelled forward or backward.
Hannah or hannaH
I don't no what it is when it spells a different word.
2006-12-23 23:12:49 · answer #7 · answered by Hank Hill 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
backward spelled words started in world war 2. It's called pig Latin it was used to confuse the enemy so the didn't know what was being said.
2006-12-23 23:25:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
a palindrome
2006-12-24 01:11:43 · answer #9 · answered by CuriosityMadeTheCatWise 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
palindrome
2006-12-24 03:42:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋