A palindrome reads the same backward and forward letter by letter, as in taco cat, nurses run, and a nut for a jar of tuna. Word-unit palindromes work by words instead: the sequence of words reverses, even if the letters do not. Examples include You can cage a swallow, can’t you? But you can’t swallow a cage, can you? Fall leaves after leaves fall and Did I say you never say, “Never say never”? You say I did. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of ““Word-Unit Palindromes” Read the Same Word by Word in Reverse”
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.
