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.
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Quotes[edit]
Palindromes[edit]
English[edit]
- Able was I ere I saw Elba.
- 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)
- Lewd did I live & evil I did dwel
(Lewd did I live, evil I did dwel)- John Taylor (1578–1653), in 1614.[2]
Latin[edit]
The Sator Square
- 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]
- In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni.
- Translation: We go about in the night and are consumed by fire.
- quoted in The concise Oxford companion to English literature, 2007
See also[edit]
- "Bob" by "Weird Al" Yankovic, a song consisting entirely of palindromes.
References[edit]
- ↑ a b c d Twain, Mark (1866). "Bosidevele No Droschdt". The Galaxy, Vol. 1. Google Book Search. Retrieved on 2007-10-03. Digital version: Twain, Mark (19 March 2007) [1866] (PDF). The Galaxy, Vol. 1. W.C. and F.P. Church (original). pp. 755 pp.. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
- ↑ http://puzzles.about.com/od/palindromes/p/Palindromes.htm
