What are some palindromic words?
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June 4th, 2008
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Please, no links to sites or googling. Example of a palindromic word; racecar, rotor, civic, eye, level and radar. They are all spelled the same way backwards.
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malayalam (its a language)
ah that’s because i spelled it wrong. i fixed it now!
@wildflower; see description.
Its not one word, but a phrase: A man, a plan, a canal, panama.
Murdrum, mesem, kakkak, degged,
look them up =D
Back atcha PnL! Typo!
mesum does not equal musem
Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba
but the best ever:
Go hang a salami; I’m a lasagna hog.
Nice Playthebanjo! Hahaha
does LOL count?
otherwise, can only think of a couple of Danish words:
kok (cook)
ror (steering wheel)
@simone,
I A
A I
They are different.
Two different words “A” and “I”.
Last year in Madagascar I wrote about 37 palindromes. Here is a smattering of them (and nobody said they had to make sense):
Drab et al. loots on signals. Flu! Woe be ill-adept racecart
pedal. Lie! Beowulf slang is no stool, late bard.
Sort nitro bats a few, we fast abort intros!
Sit fat tub to prison? No sir, pot. But Taft is!
saippuakuppinippukauppias
It’s Finnish.
ZOONOOZ. The first one I ever learned growing up in San Diego. It’s the name of the magazine for the members of the San Diego Zoo. It’s not only the same backwards and forwards, but upsidedown!
Al Yankovic has an entire song (Bob) of palindromes.
Joke: The president of the world palindrome society just bought a new car: A Toyota.
@breedmitch – Yes, but on weekends she uses a kayak.
I would have put that up with my answer, but the ? asked for no links.
@wizard doh, I didn’t read the question carefully.
Had, Alas, salad ah!
Hehe it doesn’t make much sense :)
GO HANG SALAMI, I’M A LASAGNA HOG!
or, a family favorite: A woman, a plan, a canal, panamowa.
I’ve always wanted to visit Panamowá.
Sit on a potato pan Otis.
-“Madam in Eden, I’m Adam”
-“Eve”
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