Palindromes

Xatufan   Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:25 am GMT
In your language...
Presley.   Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:40 am GMT
Japanese Palindromes are called "kaibun".

A really famous one is "??????" (Take-yabu yaketa) It means "The bamboo forest burned.

I can think of another one. It goes "????????????????" (shinamon-pan mo remon-pan mo nashi.) That one means "There are no cinnamon breads or lemon breads."
Fredrik from Norway   Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:03 am GMT
In Norwegian: regninger
Meaning: Bills, invoices.
Fredrik from Norway   Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:08 am GMT
"Regninger" is the longest Norwegian word palindrome, but there are also some sentence palindromes:

A nonsense one:
Rolf Are vurderer om Arons ni drag i gardinsnora morer edru Vera Flor.
= Rolf Are is considering wether Aron's nine pulls of the curtain cord amuses sober Vera Flor.

A no-nonsense one:
Anne var i Ravenna.
= Anne was in Ravenna.
Georgero   Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:06 am GMT
The longest Romanian palindrom is a 9 letters one:

AERISIREA (The ventilation)

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Presley.   Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:47 am GMT
I just found another one in Japanese.

Ž„‚Ü‚¯‚Ü‚µ‚½‚Ü‚µ‚½‚íB(Wa-ta-shi ma-ke-ma-shi-ta-wa.)
Presley.   Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:48 am GMT
Whoops typo!!

Ž„‚Ü‚¯‚Ü‚µ‚½‚íB
Sander   Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:57 am GMT
Dutch,

potstalmelkkoortspilstaalplaatslipstrookklemlatstop
cannavaro   Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:17 pm GMT
In italian:

E' la verità: per amare patire vale

I topi non avevano nipoti

O mordo tuo nuora, o aro un autodromo.



In english:

A man, a plan, a canal: Panama

Madam, I'm Adam


In finnish

Saippuakauppias (soap dealer)
Aquatar   Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:13 pm GMT
'potstalmelkkoortspilstaalplaatslipstrookklemlatstop'

Wow, surely that must be a record!
Xatufan   Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:59 am GMT
Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.

Anita lava la tina.
Guest   Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:20 pm GMT
What does Palindrome exactly mean?