Where is 'palindrome' defined?

[Marko Rauhamaa]

John Ladasky <john_ladasky at sbcglobal.net>:

> On Monday, June 1, 2015 at 2:22:02 AM UTC-7, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
>>     Sota-apina nakataan raastimeen.
>>           Apelle pane emit.
>>       Saarnaa takanani paatos.
>> 
>>     (= "The war monkey will be chucked into a grater.
>>         Hand the pistils to father-in-law.
>>         Pathos does preach behind me.")
>
> With this post, you have convinced me that 1) Finnish is a very
> interesting, and even poetic, language; and that 2) eating the velvet
> off of reindeer antlers must have a very similar effect to LSD. :^)

The phonetic structure of Finnish is ideal for palindromes, unlike
English.


Marko