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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI love a palindrome.
Fall leaves after leaves fall.
Recalling this from somewhere in the ether.
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I love a palindrome. (Original Post)
kairos12
Feb 2023
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quaint
(3,640 posts)1. Never odd or even.
kairos12
(13,311 posts)2. Very good.
race car
rsdsharp
(10,272 posts)3. Maybe I don't really know what a palindrome is.
Backwards, this is:
Llaf sevael retfa sevael llaf
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rsdsharp
(10,272 posts)5. Yeah, I got that. Is that really a palindrome?
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rsdsharp
(10,272 posts)10. Yes. You can read them word for word LETTER FOR LETTER
frontwards and backwards. Thats a palindrome. You cant do that with the phrase in the OP.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)7. A man, a plan, a canal--Suez...
...I think something got lost in translation...
ironflange
(7,781 posts)11. 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!
Karadeniz
(23,508 posts)8. The example is not a palindrome.
ironflange
(7,781 posts)12. It's a word palindrome
kairos12
(13,311 posts)13. Disagree.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palindrome
snip:
a word, verse, or sentence (such as "Able was I ere I saw Elba" or a number (such as 1881) that reads the same backward or forward
snip:
a word, verse, or sentence (such as "Able was I ere I saw Elba" or a number (such as 1881) that reads the same backward or forward
Brother Buzz
(38,004 posts)9. Even the song title, Bob, is a palindrome
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diva77
(7,880 posts)14. palindrone
anything said by the failed former governor of Alaska
kairos12
(13,311 posts)15. DUZY!! Thread Winner.