Weekly English Words with Alisha Palindromes
Okay, welcome back to Weekly Words. My name
is Alisha, and this week we’re gonna
look at palindromes. “Palindromes” means “a word or phrase that is spelled the same
way forwards as it is backwards.” These are
very, very fun. Have you heard the Weird Al song that is all in palindrome.? It is impressive.
“Level.” “Level” means “a surface
that is flat,” just just correctly flat,
so it’s not tilted in one way or another way. It’s exactly flat. “Level” is spelled
the same way forwards as it is backwards. L-E-V-E-L. “Level.” I do it in a few places
so that we can find… “Can you come over
here and look at this picture? I want to make
sure that I’ve hung it level.”
Next is “kayak.” “Kayak” is “a type
of canoe.” It’s, um, big. Usually a one-person
kind of canoe that you paddle in a river or
lake. A canoe is open, but a “kayak” is
usually closed, so there’s one spot where
you can
sit. “I’m taking my kayak to the river this
weekend. Do you wanna come?”
Next is “rotator” “Rotator.” A “rotator”
is just “something that makes something
else rotate,” so make something else turn.
There’s all kinds of things in cars. One of
‘em’s bound to be a “rotator,” right?
Oh… mechanics. In a sentence… “I took
my car to the mechanic, and he said that I
needed to get my
rotator fixed.” Nice job, stomach. So disappointed with that sample sentence. It was like, “Rrrrr.”
I ate pancakes.
Next is “tenet.” Oh, this came up earlier.
“Tenet.” A “tenet” is just “a principal
or it’s a belief in something.” In a sentence… “One of the principal tenents of Confucianism
is that you should respect your elders.”
“Race Car.” I like this one. A “race car,” as you might be able to guess, is
just “a fast car,” something that is used
to race. “I had a race car bed when I was
a little kid. I loved it.” That’s a lie.
End! Those were some palindromes. Palindromes, where they’re spelled the same way forwards
as they are backwards. So try a few of them out, and
if you’re feeling really, really up to the
challenge, you can try and make sentences
that are palindromes as well too. Thanks for joining us this week on Weekly Words. We will
see you again next time. Bye-bye!