Silverhoop Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 PALINDROME: a word, phrase, or number that reads the same backward or forward.Some of my favourites are:NoonMadamEveRacecarDeedLevelRotorCivic RadarOr some phrases:"Madam, I'm Adam." (Adam's first words to Eve?) "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama!" (The history of the Panama Canal in brief) "Able was I ere I saw Elba." (Napoleon's lament) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 great topic, Silverhoop.I kinda like the following palindrome : "Dammit, I'm mad!"I am thinking of some palindromes in german. Might gonna add them later! czarina84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizali Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 I love palindromes, especially the phrases. Some of my favorites are:Satan oscillate my metallic sonatasMr Owl ate my metal wormAre we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?There's also the joke phobia aibohphobia, the fear of palindromes. czarina84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddrmario123 Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 What a fun topic .I have some too:Never odd or even.Rats live on no evil star.Do geese see God?Murder for a jar of red rum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizali Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Those are some good ones! Since this is a language forum, even if this is the English area, I figure it won't hurt too much to share some from other languages too. One of those that I like is:Engage le jeu que je le gagneIt translates more or less to 'start the game so I can win' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverhoop Posted November 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Lived on Decaf; faced no Devil.Evil did I dwell; lewd I did live.A Toyota!Loved Mizali's - Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?I may have to steal this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calticitron Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 I always find palindromes as a very interesting topic! You could actually go on and on about these with your friends for an entire day and still find it amusing afterwards. I searched for some palindromes on the internet and found a website that listed several of them. Some of the funniest I read are:No cab, no tuna nut on bacon.No sir! Away! A papaya war is on.I also discovered one that almost made it as a palindrome that seemed worthy enough to post, which is:A Santa dog lived as a devil God at NASA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetLiposting Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 The palindromes that I like are the ones that are quite common but people don't even notice it, like names: Ana / Anna, Hannah, or some words: level, race car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Hard Posted December 24, 2013 Report Share Posted December 24, 2013 Isn't English a cute language or what? Let's dive right in:Draw, o coward!Kayak?Bar an Arab.Devil never even lived.He did, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammipants Posted December 27, 2013 Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 Weird Al Yankovic's "Bob". The lyrics are all palindromes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandandesign Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Oh, I haven't heard or learn of this term before. I have always wondered if there's a word for words that mean the same when they're written backwards. Now, you've found it for me. I have thought about some words that mean the same when they're written backwards, but I guess you've already written down the list here. Good post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airix Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 great topic, Silverhoop.I kinda like the following palindrome : "Dammit, I'm mad!"I am thinking of some palindromes in german. Might gonna add them later!Haha! That was a good one. It's actually one of my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosa Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Palindromes are always fun to work with. Here are a few others:Popeyetootdeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czarina84 Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 On 11/11/2013 11:30:23, Mizali said: I love palindromes, especially the phrases. Some of my favorites are: Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas Mr Owl ate my metal worm Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era? There's also the joke phobia aibohphobia, the fear of palindromes. I've never heard that one. It's funny...and clever. I caught the joke, it's subtle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pesic87 Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 I might sound so stupid or just uninformed here but this is the first time I heard of palindromes. I mean I know there are some word that read the same forward and backward, but I did not know there was a word for them. I like it now. I mean this is just a great place for one to learn about lots of new things, not only share. I will make sure I spread this info. I feel a little bit smarter now. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungary93 Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Are there really long palindromes in the english language? Like a few sentence or more? In hungarian language there are several little stories consisting only of palindromes. It was s big trend among writers and poets in the 1900's to write in palindromes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviendha Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 I have heard of the single word instances of this, but my mind is pretty blown away by how many sentences there actually are! I wish I were clever enough to develop some of my own! This is a random question I am sure, but is there a technical term for when a word creates a new word when spelled backwards? For example, how "stressed" is transformed into "desserts". To contribute to the palindrome list... Rotor Civic Deleveled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poftim Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 As this is Linguaholic, I'll throw Malayalam out there: a palindromic language. Yep it's cool that "stressed" backwards is "desserts". I think those are the longest pair of words in English that work like that. I've heard "semordnilap" for a word that spells another word backwards, but I doubt that's an official term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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