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Period Glossary

PERIOD GLOSSARY

Discover the origin of a word or expression from the period of the two Napoleons!

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Discover the expression: "Able was I...", the longest palindrome in English

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"ABLE WAS I...", THE LONGEST PALINDROME IN ENGLISH

	"ABLE WAS I...", THE LONGEST PALINDROME IN ENGLISH

	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.

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