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Thread #167250   Message #4031979
Posted By: Mr Red
03-Feb-20 - 01:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Happy palindrome day
Subject: RE: BS: Happy palindrome day
Nigel put a tup leg in. - sides reversed?

SATOR
AREPO
TENET
OPERA
ROTAS


A well known Latin palindromic acrostic. A multi dimensional one at that.

The father
arepo
holds
The works
on wheels


looses much in translation. Particularly arepo which is reckoned to be there just to complete the format. Scholars generally agree is is not a known Latin word. Who knows it may have been a colloquialism/nickname, you had to be there to know.