Palindromes

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A palindrome is a word or a phrase that has the property of reading the same in either direction. Spacing and punctuation do not matter.

Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Palindromes 1.1.1 English 1.1.2 Latin 1.2 Quotes about palindromes 2 Unsourced 2.1 Palindromes 2.1.1 English 2.1.2 French 2.1.3 Portuguese 2.1.4 Finnish 2.1.5 Filipino 3 References 4 External links

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• Able was I ere I saw Elba.
  • Apocryphal response of Napoleon when supposedly asked at St. Elba if he could have eventually sacked London
  • Quoted in Mark Twain, The Galaxy, Vol. 1, p. 439^[1]

• Madam, I'm Adam.
  • Quoted in Mark Twain, The Galaxy, Vol. 1, p. 439^[1]

• A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!
  • Leigh Mercer, Notes and Queries, November 13, 1948

• A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again (or a camel), a crepe, pins, Spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal -- Panama
  • Guy Steele, Common LISP: The Language, Second Edition, 1984, ISBN 1555580416, p.405 (computer-aided)

[edit] Latin

• Si Nummi immunis.
  • Translation (by William Camden): Give me my fee, and I warrant you free.
  • Facetiously known as the "lawyer's motto"
  • Quoted in Mark Twain, The Galaxy, Vol. 1, p. 439^[1]

• Sator arepo tenet opera rotas.
  • Translation: The sower Arepo holds the wheels with effort.
  • Alternative translation: The sower Arepo leads with his hand (work) the plough (wheels).
  • Known as the Sator Square
  • Quoted in Mark Twain, The Galaxy, Vol. 1, p. 439^[1]

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• Neil, a trap! Sid is part alien!
• God lives, evil dog!
• Was it a rat I saw?
• Sit on a potato pan, Otis.
• No Roman a moron.
• Mr. Owl ate my metal worm.
• Madam, in Eden I'm Adam.
• Tacocat
• Racecar
• Mae Stella Wade repapered a wallet seam
• Never odd or even
• Wet Stew
• Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog!
• Marge let Sarah see Shara's telegram.
• Live dirt up a side track carted is a putrid evil.
• Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo
• Go home emo hog!

[edit] French

• À Cuba, Anna a bu ça.
  • Translation: In Cuba, Anna has drunk that.
  • Gérard Durand
• C'est sec.
  • Translation: It's dry.
  • Roger Cornaille
• Eh ! ça va la vache ?
  • Translation: Hey! How's the cow?
  • Louise de Vilmorin
• Élu par cette crapule.
  • Translation: Elected by this scum.
  • Charles Cros
• En route je tourne.
  • Translation: On the way, I turn around.
  • Roger Cornaille
• Et la marine va, papa, venir à Malte.
  • Translation: And the marine will, dad, come to Malta.
  • attributed to Victor Hugo
• Il a l'âge légal, Ali.
  • Translation: He has the legal age, Ali.
  • Joseph Renaud

[edit] Portuguese

• A grama é amarga.
  • Translation: The grass is sour.
• Socorram-me, subi num ônibus em Marrocos.
  • Translation: Help me, I caught a bus in Morocco.
• Ame o poema.
  • Translation: Love the poem.
• Após a sopa.
  • Translation: After the soup.
• Roma me tem amor.
  • Translation: Rome has love for me.
• Seco de raiva, coloco no colo caviar e doces.
  • Translation: This sentence has a nonsense meaning in Portuguese, but in English it literally means "Dried with anger, I put on my lap caviar and sweeties.".
• Ovo
  • Translation: Egg
• A droga da gorda
  • Translation: The damn fat woman or The fat woman's drug.

[edit] Finnish

• Saippuakauppias
  • Translation: (a) soap seller
• Saippuakalasalakauppias
  • Translation: (a) seller of soapfish
• Saippuakivikauppias
  • Translation: (a) seller of soap blocks
• Innostunut sonni
  • Translation: (an) Enthusiastic bull
• Uupuva havupuu
  • Translation: a conifer which is getting tired ("tiring conifer")
• Alle satasella
  • Translation: (I bought it) under a hundred (bank-note)

[edit] Filipino

• Nasa Bayabasan
  • Translation: (a) in the guava trees

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