PALINDROME <--> EMORDNILAP
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>From: dst...@wam.umd.edu (David O. Stein)
>Subject: Help With Definition!
>Date: 22 Jul 1993 03:28:04 GMT
>Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
>
>I am not sure if this is the right newsgroup to ask but....
>
>oes anyone know the word to describe a word that has one meaning read in
>one direction and another read in the opposite direction. Eg. Dog->God.
> ::
>dst...@wam.umd.edu
>
>Thanx.
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Dave, the word you're looking for is subject of this news, eg.:
madam, i'm adam
was it a cat i saw?
happy dream, best, yvette r10...@paccvm.corp.mot.com
David Michael Tuller
The word is SEMORDNILAP not EMORDNILAP. It was coined (I believe) by Lewis Carroll.
David M. Tuller
tul...@rpi.edu
Andy Spooner
>>------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
>>From: dst...@wam.umd.edu (David O. Stein)
>>Subject: Help With Definition!
>>Date: 22 Jul 1993 03:28:04 GMT
>>Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
>>
>>I am not sure if this is the right newsgroup to ask but....
>>
>>oes anyone know the word to describe a word that has one meaning read in
>>one direction and another read in the opposite direction. Eg. Dog->God.
>> ::
>Dave, the word you're looking for is subject of this news, eg.:
>madam, i'm adam
>was it a cat i saw?
Actually, I think a palindrome is a word or phrase that is *spelled* the
same forward as backward. The original poster wants the word for a
word or phrase that *means different things* forward and backward. I am
not sure I've ever heard of a term for this, but I'd be gald to learn
it if there is.
--Andy
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