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I wonder if...
« on: September 14, 2009, 10:37:27 pm »
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there is a language where the word for "Palindrome" is a palindrome.
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Re: I wonder if...
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2009, 11:10:24 pm »
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Probably not... but it's lol in Dutch: Palindroom
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Re: I wonder if...
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2009, 11:50:28 pm »
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Quote from: Wikipedia
The word "palindrome" was coined from Greek roots palin (πάλιν; "back") and dromos (δρóμος; "way, direction") by English writer Ben Jonson in the 1600s. The actual Greek phrase to describe the phenomenon is karkinikę epigrafę (καρκινική επιγραφή; crab inscription), or simply karkinięoi (καρκινιήοι; crabs), alluding to the backward movement of crabs, like an inscription which can be read backwards.

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