Play On Words
Posted: 16 Sep 2016 21:11
Palindromes, Semordnilaps and Emordnilaps.
A Palindrome is a word or phrase, number, or sequence of symbols or elements, whose meaning may be
interpreted the same way in either forward or reverse direction...
A but tuba
A car, a man, a maraca
A Semordnilap is a word which when reversed is still a valid word but may have a different meaning from
when it's read forwards..
Desserts & stresses
Gateman & nametag
An Emordnilap m Emordnilap is a fanciful invention, not a word commonly used or found in dictionaries yet,
but people claim it is a 'real' word that produces another word when spelled backwards, but Emordnilap spelt
backwards becomes a palindrome, therefore..
"Emordnilap Palindrome" is itself a palindrome!
Writing poetry is difficult enough, that this poem was written by a 14yr old boy makes it worth
sitting up and taking note.
And the fact it can be read backwards makes this incredible.... Out Generation
Our generation will be known for nothing.
Never will anybody say,
We were the peak of mankind.
That is wrong, the truth is
Our generation was a failure.
Thinking that
We actually succeeded
Is a waste. And we know
Living only for money and power
Is the way to go.
Being loving, respectful, and
Kind
Is a dumb thing to do.
Forgetting about that time,
Will not be easy, but we will try.
Changing our world for the
Better
Is something we never did.
Giving up
Was how we handled our
Problems.
Working hard
Was a joke.
We knew that
People thought we couldn't
Come back
That might be true,
Unless we turn things around
Now read it from the bottom word 'around' to the top again.
A Palindrome is a word or phrase, number, or sequence of symbols or elements, whose meaning may be
interpreted the same way in either forward or reverse direction...
A but tuba
A car, a man, a maraca
A Semordnilap is a word which when reversed is still a valid word but may have a different meaning from
when it's read forwards..
Desserts & stresses
Gateman & nametag
An Emordnilap m Emordnilap is a fanciful invention, not a word commonly used or found in dictionaries yet,
but people claim it is a 'real' word that produces another word when spelled backwards, but Emordnilap spelt
backwards becomes a palindrome, therefore..
"Emordnilap Palindrome" is itself a palindrome!
Writing poetry is difficult enough, that this poem was written by a 14yr old boy makes it worth
sitting up and taking note.
And the fact it can be read backwards makes this incredible.... Out Generation
Our generation will be known for nothing.
Never will anybody say,
We were the peak of mankind.
That is wrong, the truth is
Our generation was a failure.
Thinking that
We actually succeeded
Is a waste. And we know
Living only for money and power
Is the way to go.
Being loving, respectful, and
Kind
Is a dumb thing to do.
Forgetting about that time,
Will not be easy, but we will try.
Changing our world for the
Better
Is something we never did.
Giving up
Was how we handled our
Problems.
Working hard
Was a joke.
We knew that
People thought we couldn't
Come back
That might be true,
Unless we turn things around
Now read it from the bottom word 'around' to the top again.