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A palindrome is a symmetric character sequence that looks the same when read backwards, right to left. In the above Napoleon’s grumble, white spaces appear at the same positions when read backwards. This is not a required condition for a palindrome.
30 mar 2009 · The following palindromic letter, written by the deposed emperor, makes it clear that his debility caused by a local tart named Ada. The title of this article, one of the most famous palindromes of all time, was uttered by Napoleon after he had been exiled to the island of Elba.
15 wrz 2013 · Dear Quote Investigator: A famous palindrome is attributed to the renowned French leader Napoleon Bonaparte who was once exiled to the island of Elba: Able was I ere I saw Elba. Supposedly Napoleon said this reversible phrase to Barry Edward O’Meara who was his physician during his captivity on the island of Saint Helena.
16 gru 2016 · Napoleon Bonaparte did not say, “Able was I ere I saw Elba,” although the phrase is often attributed to him. This well-known palindrome – a word or phrase that reads the same backward and forward – first appeared in 1848, 27 years after Napoleon’s death.
By common consent the longest palindrome (i.e., a word or phrase that reads the same forwards as backwards) is Napoleonic, namely, Able was I ere I saw Elba.
Napoleon E.J. Bonaparte Empire Period. Able was I, ere I saw Elba. It has sense to it; Napoleon was imprisoned on the Isle of Elba, see? He was able, before he was imprisoned there. If you read the sentence backwards, it says exactly the same thing. which is called a Palindrome.
It purports that the greatest military mind of all time, the Emperor Napoleon, took to raving in English palindromes while enisled at Elba. Mon dieu! This is rubbish. Napoelon's knowledge of English was even less than his knowledge of Yiddish.
