Words which are the same spelt backwards or forwards

#1 (**permalink**) 20-Nov-2003, 19:07

What is it called when you can take a word and spell it foward and backward and it's still the same word? Like... bob

Thanks

RonBee · #2 (**permalink**) 20-Nov-2003, 19:19

That would be a palindromic word, like noon, which is not only the same spelled forwards as backwards, but also is the same upside down (when spelled in all caps).

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Red5 · #3 (**permalink**) 20-Nov-2003, 21:05

See also http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/palindrome.html

#4 (**permalink**) 21-Nov-2003, 12:11

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Originally Posted by RonBee

That would be a palindromic word, like noon, which is not only the same spelled forwards as backwards, but also is the same upside down (when spelled in all caps).

:)

sorry but i am not agree with you

Red5 · #5 (**permalink**) 21-Nov-2003, 12:54

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Originally Posted by croaker78

sorry but i am not agree with you

Ron is correct.

PS - Say: Sorry, but I do not agree with you. :wink:

Casiopea · #6 (**permalink**) 21-Nov-2003, 13:14

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Originally Posted by kate

What is it called when you can take a word and spell it foward and backward and it's still the same word? Like... bob

Thanks

:D palindrome :D

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Tdol · #7 (**permalink**) 21-Nov-2003, 14:33

A palindrome for overworked restaurant staff:

Stressed- no tips- spit on desserts

RonBee · #8 (**permalink**) 21-Nov-2003, 15:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by croaker78

Quote:

Originally Posted by RonBee

That would be a palindromic word, like noon, which is not only the same spelled forwards as backwards, but also is the same upside down (when spelled in all caps).

:)

sorry but i am not agree with you

A palindrome is a word (or phrase) that is spelled the same forwards as backwards. (Check the glossary.) The original poster gave bob as an example. Spell bob backwards and you get bob. The example given in the glossary is madam. A well-known palindromic phrase is Madam, I'm Adam. (Punctuation and capitalization is ignored.)

:D

(Say: "Sorry, but I do not agree with you.")

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RonBee · #9 (**permalink**) 30-Mar-2004, 12:56

palindrome (PAL-uhn-drohm), n.: a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward

A few examples:
"Madam, I'm Adam." (Adam's first words to Eve?)
"A man, a plan, a canal--Panama!" (The history of the Panama Canal in brief)
"Able was I ere I saw Elba." (Napoleon's lament)
Mom, Dad
http://dictionary.reference.com/word...999/05/04.html
http://www.upi.com/print.cfm?StoryID...7-024617-1418r

The word palindrome is derived from the Greek palíndromos, meaning running back again (palín = AGAIN + drom–, drameîn = RUN). A palindrome is a word or phrase which reads the same in both directions. Some simple examples are:

RACECAR
DEED
LEVEL
PIP
ROTOR
CIVIC
POP
MADAM
EYE
NUN
RADAR
TOOT

Words like LIVE and STRAW (which read EVIL and WARTS backwards) are not themselves palindromes but the "phrases" LIVE EVIL and STRAW WARTS are. A palindrome is not necessarily a single word.
http://www.fun-with-words.com/palin_explain.html