Fun With Words: Palindromes
Palindromes are words, phrases or number sequences that read the same way in both directions. Palindrome derives from the Greek for ‘running back again’. Both the Greeks and Romans are known to have enjoyed palindromes. The Greeks also published palindromic poetry.
Common words that are palindromes include:
- civic
- eye
- level
- nun
- pop
- radar
Some famous palindrome phrases are:
- Able was I ere I saw Elba
- A man, a plan, a canal – Panama!
- Madam, I’m Adam
There are many more examples on the Thinks.com Palindrome Parade.
Other palindrome forms use words or lines, rather than letters, as the unit to be repeated. See some examples here.
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“Weird Al” Yankovic’s song, “Bob”, is made up entirely of palindromes.
Thanks for the info, Reader37; I didn’t know that.
ITS REALLY A NEW BUT UNIQUE TOPIC AT LEAST FOR ME…..THANKS.
AZHAR
Glad you enjoyed it, Azhar
Fun info! I used to live in a town named Yreka and the local bakery was named Yreka Bakery. Don’t know if they realized when they named it that the name is a palindrome.
Now that IS a fun fact, Corey. Thanks for sharing.
Haha! Just on time.
I was being taught last week how to program using the C Language to check if a string is palindrome or not
Programming palindromes? Another new application. Thanks for the info, Shankar.
Any don’t forget the famous Monty Python parrot skit – when they used Bolton and Notlob as the train station!
Ah yes, the ex-parrot – how could I forget
nice informations, thanks mua
here’s some in dutch:
parterretrap (I really don’t know how to discribe that ^-^)
meetsysteem (measuringsystem)
lepel (spoon)
neven (cousins)
appologies for any misspelled words ^-^
Thanks, Kirsty. You can have fun with words in any language, can’t you?
U can put many palindrome word,
If u can put it plssssssssssssss!
Someone can show me the words EYE in palindrome using c program.
Thank You.