Palindromes

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. Quotes Palindromes English Able was I ere I saw Elba. Apocryphal response of Napoleon when supposedly asked at St. Elba if he could have eventually sacked London Quoted in Mark Twain, The Galaxy, Vol. 1, p. 439 1866 http://books.google.com/books?id=-IMAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA439&dq=%22ere+i+saw+elba%22+date:1865-1866&num=30&as_brr=0 "Bosidevele No Droschdt" The Galaxy, Vol. 1 Google Book Search 2007-10-03 Digital version: Twain Mark The Galaxy, Vol. 1 1866 http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Saturday_Reader.pdf?id=alsAAAAAYAAJ&output=pdf&sig=r7xdwpzFHiQ8ZqSqrNvaOQBKlT8 PDF 2007-10-03 19 March 2007 W.C. and F.P. Church (original) 755 pp. Madam, I'm Adam. Quoted in Mark Twain, The Galaxy, Vol. 1, p. 439 To which she replied, Eve 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, 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.http://puzzles.about.com/od/palindromes/p/Palindromes.htm No one made killer apparel like Dame Noon. Jon Agee, as quoted in "Worldplay," by David Astle, Sydney Morning Herald (October 1, 2016), p. 21 Latin thumb|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 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 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 "Bob" by "Weird Al" Yankovic, a song consisting entirely of palindromes. References External links Palindrome palindrome Category:Language