A palindrome is a word or phrase with letters that read the same backwards and forwards, such as taco cat, nurses run, and a nut for a jar of tuna. Word-unit palindromes are similar, although you read them word by word. One example: “You can cage a swallow, but you can’t swallow a cage, can you?” Another is goes “Fall leaves after leaves fall.” And then there’s “Did I say you never say ‘Never say never?’ You say I did.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Word Sentence Palindromes”
A palindrome is a sentence or phrase that is the same forwards and backwards, like taco.
Cat or nurse’s run or a nut for a jar of tuna.
But they’re also word unit palindromes.
They’re not as common.
I found several online.
You can cage a swallow, can’t you?
But you can’t swallow a cage, can you?
Oh, so word unit means that you retain the same words in the palindrome.
Yes.
Oh.
Yes.
So the letters wouldn’t be the same backwards and forwards.
The words would be the same backwards.
The words.
Yeah.
Here’s another one.
Fall leaves after leaves fall, which is true, right?
Fall leaves after leaves fall.
The best palindromes absolutely are the ones that are intelligible as sentences.
Yeah.
Yeah.
How about this one?
Did I say you never say, never say never?
You say I did.
Those are outstanding.
We’ll have more of those on the website, 877-929-9673.
