"Emil asleep, Allen yodelled "Oy."
Nella peels a lime."
If you don't understand this sentence, read it backward.
Okay, it's the same thing!
This sentence is a palindrome.
Definition according to Wikipedia:
A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of units that can be read the same way in either direction (the adjustment of punctuation and spaces between words is generally permitted). Composing literature in palindromes is an example of constrained writing. The word "palindrome" was coined from Greek roots pálin (πάλιν; "again") and drómos(δρóμος; "way, direction") by English writer Ben Jonson in the 1600s. The actual Greek phrase to describe the phenomenon is karkinikê epigrafê (καρκινική επιγραφή; crabinscription), or simply karkiniêoi (καρκινιήοι; crabs), alluding to the backward movement of crabs, like an inscription which can be read backwards.
Today's posting is just for fun. For more palindrome sentences, check out Ralph Griswold's collection at www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/oddsends/palinsen.
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