Where is 'palindrome' defined?
Marko Rauhamaa
marko at pacujo.net
Tue Jun 2 18:30:22 EDT 2015
John Ladasky <john_ladasky at sbcglobal.net>:
> On Monday, June 1, 2015 at 2:22:02 AM UTC-7, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
>> Sota-apina nakataan raastimeen.
>> Apelle pane emit.
>> Saarnaa takanani paatos.
>>
>> (= "The war monkey will be chucked into a grater.
>> Hand the pistils to father-in-law.
>> Pathos does preach behind me.")
>
> With this post, you have convinced me that 1) Finnish is a very
> interesting, and even poetic, language; and that 2) eating the velvet
> off of reindeer antlers must have a very similar effect to LSD. :^)
The phonetic structure of Finnish is ideal for palindromes, unlike
English.
Marko
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