English term for reversible word?

[Guy Hemmings]

There is a special term for an English word that reads the same forward
and backward. Anyone know what it's called, or can you suggest what
newsgroup I can post such a query in, please? Reply by email, please.
Thanks

Guy

[Guy Hemmings]

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[Guy Hemmings]

[Guy Hemmings]

[Guy Hemmings]

[Guy Hemmings]

[David Smith]

Guy Hemmings <g...@capernwray.co.uk> wrote in article
<3297BC...@capernwray.co.uk>...

> PALINDROME!

[Anthony W. Smith]

Guy Hemmings <g...@capernwray.co.uk> wrote in article

<3297BB...@capernwray.co.uk>...

> There is a special term for an English word that reads the same forward
> and backward. Anyone know what it's called, or can you suggest what
> newsgroup I can post such a query in, please? Reply by email, please.
> Thanks
>
> Guy
>

I believe the term is "palindrome".

[Richard]

Guy Hemmings wrote:
>
> There is a special term for an English word that reads the same forward
> and backward. Anyone know what it's called, or can you suggest what
> newsgroup I can post such a query in, please? Reply by email, please.
> Thanks
>
> Guy

There is a special term for a person who posts the same message to the
same newsgroup seven times continuously. Anyone know what he's called,
or can you suggest what newsgroup I can post such a query in (seven
times, of course), please? Reply by email, (seven times) please.

Thanks

Another guy.

[Kimbo]

On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Guy Hemmings wrote:

*-There is a special term for an English word that reads the same forward
*-and backward. Anyone know what it's called, or can you suggest what
*-newsgroup I can post such a query in, please? Reply by email, please.
*-Thanks
*-
*-Guy
*-
*-
Guy,

It's called a palindrome...... like "madam".....

There are a zillion of them available on the web .. just search!

Kim

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[Peter Sturman]

Guy Hemmings wrote:
>
> There is a special term for an English word that reads the same forward

> and backward. Anyone know what it's called, or can you suggest what

> newsgroup I can post such a query in, please? Reply by email, please.

> Thanks
>
> Guy

I think you mean a palindrome. My daughter was born in 1991 and her name
is Hannah.

Regards, Peter Sturman

[Kenneth Browne]

Guy Hemmings wrote:
>
> There is a special term for an English word that reads the same forward
> and backward.

--SNIPPED--
What you have described is called a "palindrome" and it is not limited
to words that are spelled the same forwards and backwards. A famous
example:
Madam, I'm Adam.
another:
Sex at noon taxes.

Ken
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[Wei-Hwa Huang]

Kenneth Browne <kenn...@student.umass.edu> writes:
>Guy Hemmings wrote:
>>
>> There is a special term for an English word that reads the same forward
>> and backward.
>--SNIPPED--
>What you have described is called a "palindrome" and it is not limited
>to words that are spelled the same forwards and backwards. A famous
>example:
>Madam, I'm Adam.
>another:
>Sex at noon taxes.

It is also not limited to letters.
Examples:

13 x 13 = 169; 961 = 31 x 31
You can cage a swallow, can't you; but you can't swallow a cage, can you?
We revere you.

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for != while, no matter what Kernigan & Ritchie say.

[Ted Johnson]

Peter Sturman wrote:
>
> Guy Hemmings wrote:
> >
> > There is a special term for an English word that reads the same forward

> > and backward. Anyone know what it's called, or can you suggest what
> > newsgroup I can post such a query in, please? Reply by email, please.
> > Thanks
> >
> > Guy
>
> I think you mean a palindrome. My daughter was born in 1991 and her name
> is Hannah.
>
> Regards, Peter Sturman

Here's a totally worthless question for anybody who wishes to
respond.....
Does anyone know of a palindrome that is longer than "Able was I ere I
saw Elba" (referring to Napoleon)?

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[Joanne Jalkanen]

The longest palindrome that I could find was 'desserts I desire not, so long
no lost one rise distressed'. This is a bit nonsensical so I don't know if it
qualifies.

JJ

[Julie Clancy]

On Sat, 30 Nov 1996 19:57:58 -0800, Ted Johnson
<ted.j...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>
> Here's a totally worthless question for anybody who wishes to
>respond.....
>Does anyone know of a palindrome that is longer than "Able was I ere I
>saw Elba" (referring to Napoleon)?
>
>--
>tj
>Host, Education Forum on Delphi
>t...@delphi.com
>http://www.dusable.cps.k12.il.us/homepages/tedj/gphs.html

what about...

Go hang your salami, I'm a lasagna hog!

[Richard]

Should be "go hang *a* salami", no?