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It rests on a long French tradition of transposing syllables of individual words to create slang words. [1]: 50 The word verlan itself is an example of verlan (making it an autological word). It is derived from inverting the sounds of the syllables in l'envers (, "the inverse", frequently used in the sense of "back-to-front"). The first ...
Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun brígh, meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". [1] An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". [ 2 ] Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare , who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael ".
Brigitte Bardot (born 1934), French actress and singer; Brigitte Becue (born 1972), Belgian breaststroke swimmer; Brigitte Bierlein (born 1949), Austrian jurist and politician; Brigitte Engerer (1952–2012), French pianist; Brigitte Fronzek (1952-2021) German SPD politician and mayor of Elmshorn from 1996 to 2013; Brigitte Fossey (born 1946 ...
But that's great because Oprah spells Harpo backwards. I don't know what Orpah spells." It spells Hapro -- which doesn't sound nearly as nice as Harpo, the name of Oprah's production company.
A palindromic place is a city or town whose name can be read the same forwards or backwards. An example of this would be Navan in Ireland. Some of the entries on this list are only palindromic if the next administrative division they are a part of is also included in the name, such as Adaven, Nevada.
The word redrum (i.e., "red rum") is used this way for murder in the Stephen King novel The Shining (1977) and its film adaptation (1980). [ 11 ] Anadromes exist in other written languages as well, as can be seen, for example, in Spanish orar ↔ raro or French l'ami naturel ("the natural friend") ↔ le rut animal ("the animal rut").
Phonetic reversal is the process of reversing the phonemes or phones of a word or phrase. When the reversal is identical to the original, the word or phrase is called a phonetic palindrome. Phonetic reversal is not entirely identical to backmasking, which is specifically the reversal of recorded sound.
On Thursday, Queen Camilla had an awkward moment with French first lady Brigitte Macron. The royal, 76, was with Macron, 71, for an event commemorating D-Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the D ...