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Not actually a palindrome, but in the same vein...

Is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?
Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
Am I an AI, ma?
Doppelganger
by James A. Lindon


Entering the lonely house with my wife
I saw him for the first time
Peering furtively from behind a bush --
Blackness that moved,
A shape amid the shadows,
A momentary glimpse of gleaming eyes
Revealed in the ragged moon.
A closer look (he seemed to turn) might have
Put him to flight forever --
I dared not
(For reasons that I failed to understand),
Though I knew I should act at once.

I puzzled over it, hiding alone,
Watching the woman as she neared the gate.
He came, and I saw him crouching
Night after night.
Night after night
He came, and I saw him crouching,
Watching the woman as she neared the gate.

I puzzled over it, hiding alone --
Though I knew I should act at once,
For reasons that I failed to understand
I dared not
Put him to flight forever.

A closer look (he seemed to turn) might have
Revealed in the ragged moon.
A momentary glimpse of gleaming eyes
A shape amid the shadows,
Blackness that moved.

Peering furtively from behind a bush,
I saw him for the first time,
Entering the lonely house with my wife.
Bob by Werid Al for all your palindrome needs
<Et si l'arôme des bottes révèle madame, le verset t'obsède, moraliste!>

<L'arôme moral?> <Ému, ce dessin rêve, il part natter ce secret tantra plié, vernissé d'écume.>

© Alain Damasio
Bolton

per John Cleese
Risotto, Sir?

Or in German (and politically not correct): "Ein Neger mit Gazelle zagt im Regen nie."

Oh, and the oldest recorded one in Latin:

SATOR
AREPO
TENET
OPERA
ROTAS

(and it even works vertically. So it's a magic square of words)
Post edited January 15, 2017 by Lifthrasil
Suddenly I understand the reference in the name of Satyr Square in Terry Pratchett's books.
I wouldn't call it a good palindrome, but the one town near me is Apollo, PA. (PA is short for Pennsylvania for those not familiar.)
Murder for a jar of red rum...
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Gerin: In case English isn't your native tongue, we call it a palindrome when something is spelled the same backward as forward.
A couple from Finnish:

Innostunut sonni = "an excited bull"

Saippuakauppias = "a soap dealer"

Alli pamautti vittua mapilla = "Alli banged a cunt with a binder" (Alli is a Finnish female name)

Tunisian imaami nai sinut. = "A Tunisian imam will marry you."
Post edited January 16, 2017 by timppu
A few spanish ones, in a very different tone:

Dádiva nada más eres, amada navidad - "You're nothing but a gift, beloved Christmas"

Anita, la gorda lagartona, no traga la droga latina - "Anita, the fat bitch, won't swallow the latin drug"

Son robos, no sólo son sobornos - "It's thievery, not just bribery"
Post edited January 16, 2017 by svmariscal
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HypersomniacLive: ΝΙΨΟΝΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑΜΗΜ&Om icron;ΝΑΝΟΨΙΝ (Νίψον ἀνομήματα, μὴ μόναν ὄψιν / "wash/cleanse thy sins, not only thy face")

Inscribed on a fountain in the forecourt of the Church of the Divine Wisdom of God, better known as Hagia Sophia, during the Byzantine era. Not idea if it's still preserved.
Hey that's awesome, the details in basilikas and churches are very impressive.
Drab as a fool, aloof as a bard.