A Philadelphia listener has a Yiddish twist on an old palindrome: “Unable I was ere I saw Elba, nu?” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Yiddish Palindrome”
We had an email recently from Jeff in Philly who wrote to ask if we’d ever heard of the Yiddish palindrome about Napoleon.
You know the one that goes, Able I was, ere I saw Elba?
Sure, yeah. That’s one of the most famous ones, right?
Right, right. But here’s the Yiddish version. It goes, Unable I was, ere I saw Elba. No?
I love that. Thanks, Jeff.
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