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!