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Sun 25 Sep, 2005 07:35 am
able was i ere i saw elba
this is a famous palindrome spake by Napoleon Bonaparte when he was exiled to Elba. I wanna get a real long list of interesting palindromes going so please feel free to add any you know.
Naomi, sex at noon taxes I moan.
step on no pets.
Pull up Bob pull up,
gateman's nametag
ma handed Edna ham
was it a bar or a bat I saw
Won't lovers revolt now
I had a good holiday in Africa where I met a nice man called Dellcaname Cina Temi Erehwa Cirfaniya Dilohdoog Adahi
Red rum, sir, is murder.
Lager, sir, is regal.
Ciagr? Toss it in a can. It is so tragic.
Rise to vote, sir.
A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama!
Was it a cat I saw? No, miss, it's Simon.
A Greek;
Nipson anomemata me monan ospin "Wash my sins, not only my face" - (Gregor of Azianzus (329-389))
An Italian;
Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor. (Rome, for you, love will happen suddenly and passionately.)
Some rubbish;
Fall leaves as soon as leaves fall.
You can cage a swallow, can't you, but you can't swallow a cage, can you.
Girl, bathing on Bikini, eyeing boy, finds boy eyeing bikini on bathing girl.
First ladies rule the state and state the rule "Ladies first!"
One for all and all for one.
MaliciousMazeh wrote:A Greek;
Nipson anomemata me monan ospin "Wash my sins, not only my face" - (Gregor of Azianzus (329-389))
An Italian;
Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor. (Rome, for you, love will happen suddenly and passionately.)
Some rubbish;
Fall leaves as soon as leaves fall.
You can cage a swallow, can't you, but you can't swallow a cage, can you.
Girl, bathing on Bikini, eyeing boy, finds boy eyeing bikini on bathing girl.
First ladies rule the state and state the rule "Ladies first!"
One for all and all for one.
The Italian and the Greek offerings are palindromes, yes. The ones in English are not. Now, does anyone know what the word is for those cleverly juxtaposed sentences? (I don't, but I know there must be one.)
There are plenty of one-word palindromes, e.g. kayak. A few
radar
noon
pop
mom
dad
racecar
etc.
Marge lets Norah see Sharon's telegram
Welcome to a2k, WillyCee! I've never seen that one.
The most clever and ingenious palindrome I ever saw is in Latin, not English. This is it:
Sator arepo tenet opera rotas.
Translation: "Sator (just a man's name) holds the plow handles while plowing." Not only does the sentence read backwards but you'll notice that each word reads backwards, too. In addition, the first letter of each word spells the first word -- Sator. The second letter spells the second word -- arepo. and so on. And that's not all. Notice that you can do it backwards, too.
I don't know if it's possible to create something similar in English. Maybe some of you clever folks might give it a try.
That's enough to stop anybody in their tracks.I'll never get close to that.What a compliment to the ingenuity and playfulness of the human mind.
And they say we come from monkeys.
Those are neat. I've never mad one myself though... seems kinda hard!
Well it would wouldn't it for a sexykitten.
Or a madam.
Noel sees Leon
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