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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread move the first Letter to the end of the word and read backwards #182378 02/04/2009 7:09 AM Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 Arindam stranger Arindam stranger Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 I just came across something interesting. There are some words in English, in which, if we move the first Letter to the end of the word and read backwards,it would spell out the same For Example, Dresser If we move D to the end and read backwards It still spells out the same Another example is Uneven Is there any generic term for such words? Regards Arindam Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: move the first Letter to the end of the word and read backwards Arindam #182379 02/04/2009 7:28 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Welcome Arindam Hmmm, don't know the name but I'll bet some folks here will have fun with the concept. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: move the first Letter to the end of the word and read backwards Zed #182380 02/04/2009 7:35 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass well, it's a letter plus a palindrome.. -joe (we could call it a banana) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: move the first Letter to the end of the word and read backwards tsuwm #182381 02/04/2009 10:04 AM Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 Arindam stranger Arindam stranger Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 But i thought a "BananA word" is one that ends with the letter that comes alphabetically before the one with which it starts. BANDANNA could be another example...which is a Banana word but not a "one plus palindrome" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: move the first Letter to the end of the word and read backwards Arindam #182392 02/04/2009 3:25 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY I've never heard of "banana words", but when my younger brother was learning to talk, we actually tape recorded him saying "banana" because it left us in stitches when he didn't know when to stop, and he ended up saying "bananananana"... guess you had to be there.... ;0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: move the first Letter to the end of the word and read backwards twosleepy #182397 02/04/2009 6:33 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: twosleepy I've never heard of "banana words", but when my younger brother was learning to talk, we actually tape recorded him saying "banana" because it left us in stitches when he didn't know when to stop, and he ended up saying "bananananana"... guess you had to be there.... ;0) My younger brother did the same with spaghetti: etti, etti, etti, etti. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: move the first Letter to the end of the word and read backwards twosleepy #182410 02/04/2009 11:26 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Originally Posted By: twosleepy I've never heard of "banana words", but when my younger brother was learning to talk, we actually tape recorded him saying "banana" because it left us in stitches when he didn't know when to stop, and he ended up saying "bananananana"... guess you had to be there.... ;0) There was an advertising campaign here a few years ago (and still current I think) from the banana growers with a ditty that went "Ba-na-na-na-na-naaa, make those bodies sing..." 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