2007-03-30 01:45:59 · 18 answers · asked by Lainy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A 'Palindrome'
Racecar
Hannah
Noon
2007-03-30 01:48:36 · answer #1 · answered by Robin the Electrocuted 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Palindromes
2007-03-30 01:52:50 · answer #2 · answered by Icewomanblockstheshot 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Words like that are called palindromes. (In Spanish, a palindrome is regarded as lucky.)
(I've always liked the alternative definition of a palindrome, "a friend at the airport." And given the hassle of getting through all the security checks, and the queues for baggage check-in and seat allocation, we all need a friend at the airport.)
2007-03-30 01:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by Spell Check! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Palindrome.
For example, madam, eve
Phrases like, "Able was I 'ere I saw Elba", "Madam I'm Adam"
My funniest was from Monty Pyton: Bolton (the palindrome of this is Notlob)
2007-03-30 01:48:53 · answer #4 · answered by Beanbag 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pal·in·drome /ˈpælɪnˌdroʊm/ [pal-in-drohm] –noun
1.a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as:
Madam, I'm Adam
or
Poor Dan is in a droop.
2.Biochemistry. a region of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides is identical with an inverted sequence in the complementary strand: GAATTC is a palindrome of CTTAAG.
[Origin: 1620–30; < Gk palíndromos recurring, equiv. to pálin again, back + -dromos running (see -drome)]
2007-03-30 01:51:19 · answer #5 · answered by gromit1203 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the word is a palindrome. But having said that.... now its down in text I'm not so sure.
2007-03-30 07:43:19 · answer #6 · answered by kukkiwon_2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called a palindrome. Same for numbers as well.
2007-03-30 02:03:52 · answer #7 · answered by Tammy H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Palindromes!!!
2007-03-30 02:02:42 · answer #8 · answered by Harakiri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PALINDROMES:
ABLE WAS I ERE I SAW ELBA
MADAM IM ADAM
Are we not pure? "No sir!" Panama's moody Noriega brags. "It is garbage!" Irony dooms a man; a prisoner up to new era.
are examples of Palindromic Sentences.
(Ignoring punctuation marks in last example..)
2007-03-30 05:32:44 · answer #9 · answered by Rod Mac 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a pallindrome
2007-03-30 01:50:06 · answer #10 · answered by nosy old lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋