What is it called when a word is spelled exactly the same ,forward or backward ? Example,my dgd's name is Hannah. For the life of me,I can't remember what it is called.

By Rgmom on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 11:12 pm:

That's called a palindrome.

By Wandilu on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 11:39 pm:

Thanks ! But is there another word for this also.That doesn't sound familiar to me.

By Alberobello on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 02:13 am:

I thought it was an oxymoron, but is not. It's definitely a palindrome.

By Ginny~moderator on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 06:08 am:

Definitely a Palindrome

Able was I ere I saw Elba - is a famous palindrome. And there's alwas Otto.

An oxymoron is a phrase where the two words are or seem contradictory. Examples: deafening silence - jumbo shrimp (think about it - shrimp usually means small in slang) - Hell's Angels

By Wandilu on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 04:34 pm:

I don't know what word I was thinking of.Thanks for yall's help.Do you pronounce it pal-in-drome ?

By Ginny~moderator on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 10:15 pm:

That's it, Wandilu. With the accent/stress on pal.

By Imamommyx4 on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 12:41 am:

Were you thinking anagram like I was? I had to look it up to see why I was wrong. I did a Google search on Palindromes and anagrams.

Who knew that I could get an English lesson on Mom's view??? LOL

By Dawnk777 on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 07:32 am:

Here are some anagrams. They are rearranged words!

Dormitory: Dirty Room
Schoolmaster: The classroom
Elvis: Lives
Clint Eastwood: Old West Action
Western Union: No Wire Unsent
The Country Side: No City Dust Here
Desperation: A Rope Ends It
The Morse Code: Here Come Dots
Slot Machines: Cash Lost in'em
Conversation: Voices Rant On
Heavy Rain: Hire a Navy