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Old 13-May-2003, 14:41
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Can you please tell me the term for a word, phrase, or number that reads the same from front to back or back to front?
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It's a palindrome. My favourite is a sentence for waiters:
Stressed, no tips- spit on dessert!
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It's a palindrome. My favourite is a sentence for waiters:
Stressed, no tips- spit on dessert!
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Toot toot!

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Madam, I'm Adam.

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Heh heh.

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Not a racecar a ton. :wink:

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Palindrome was a Word of the Day at Dictionary.com. Go to: http://dictionary.reference.com/word...999/05/04.html

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