Difference between revisions of "Palindrome"
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*Racecar | *Racecar | ||
*Madam, I'm Adam | *Madam, I'm Adam | ||
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*A man, a plan, a canal, Panama | *A man, a plan, a canal, Panama | ||
| + | *Dammit, I'm mad | ||
*1858581 | *1858581 | ||
*Lived on Decaf, faced no Devil | *Lived on Decaf, faced no Devil | ||
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*Able was I, ere I saw Elba. | *Able was I, ere I saw Elba. | ||
*Sit on a potato pan, Otis | *Sit on a potato pan, Otis | ||
| − | + | *Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas<ref>Roman grafitto found in Herculaneum which also forms a word square.</ref> | |
| − | + | *Nelli plaatst op 'n parterretrap 'n pot staalpillen (''Dutch: Nelli places a jar of iron pills on the downfloor stairs'') | |
| + | *Lladd dafad ddall (''Welsh: Kill a blind sheep'') | ||
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[[category:linguistics]] | [[category:linguistics]] | ||
Revision as of 00:24, December 11, 2007
A palindrome is a word, phrase, sentence (grammar), or number that can be read the same backwards and forwards.
Examples
- Racecar
- Madam, I'm Adam
- Madam, in Eden I'm Adam
- A man, a plan, a canal, Panama
- Dammit, I'm mad
- 1858581
- Lived on Decaf, faced no Devil
- Star buttons, not tub rats
- Able was I, ere I saw Elba.
- Sit on a potato pan, Otis
- Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas[1]
- Nelli plaatst op 'n parterretrap 'n pot staalpillen (Dutch: Nelli places a jar of iron pills on the downfloor stairs)
- Lladd dafad ddall (Welsh: Kill a blind sheep)
- ↑ Roman grafitto found in Herculaneum which also forms a word square.