Comments on: Mental Challenge: Spelling Words Backwards – It’s Tougher Than it Sounds! http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/mental-challenge-spelling-words-backwards-its-tougher-than-it-sounds/ Overcome Stress and Fears and Find Happiness Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:03:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jemma http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/mental-challenge-spelling-words-backwards-its-tougher-than-it-sounds/comment-page-1/#comment-66585 jemma Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:52:41 +0000 http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/?p=713#comment-66585 i thought i was the only one who did this! since childhood i would recite the letters of words backwards at speed in my head, usually in moments of boredom such as waiting rooms. eventually it became something i just did wandering around (in my head, not out loud!) but almost in the way some people hum to themselves or sing softly while they are concentrating. i would even link backwards words together and make great strings of gobbledygook! it sounds slightly bizarre, i guess, but as i say, i found it just like humming to yourself while you potter around. i can also speak words backwards fairly easily and without practice - people egg me on to repeat a sentence backwards in the pub occasionally, a bit of a party piece. a tib fo a ytrap eceip. a favourite of mine for some unknown reason was always the words 'yorkshire pudding' - 'gniddup erihskroy'. am i strange?! ;-) i thought i was the only one who did this! since childhood i would recite the letters of words backwards at speed in my head, usually in moments of boredom such as waiting rooms. eventually it became something i just did wandering around (in my head, not out loud!) but almost in the way some people hum to themselves or sing softly while they are concentrating. i would even link backwards words together and make great strings of gobbledygook! it sounds slightly bizarre, i guess, but as i say, i found it just like humming to yourself while you potter around. i can also speak words backwards fairly easily and without practice – people egg me on to repeat a sentence backwards in the pub occasionally, a bit of a party piece. a tib fo a ytrap eceip. a favourite of mine for some unknown reason was always the words ‘yorkshire pudding’ – ‘gniddup erihskroy’. am i strange?! ;-)

]]> By: Prashanth http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/mental-challenge-spelling-words-backwards-its-tougher-than-it-sounds/comment-page-1/#comment-65902 Prashanth Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:50:40 +0000 http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/?p=713#comment-65902 hi…i am prashanth from chennai india.. i am almost similar to u. from the age of 3, where ever i go and wat ever i see(a word) i had the habit of spelling it in backwards.. now i am 18..to my surprise, now i am able to spell all words in backwards in a tremendous speed..and even if i haven’t heard the word, i’ll listen to the straight spelling only once, and can tell in backwwards in the same speed..do u think this is a talent? mail me at prashu1791@yahoo.in hi…i am prashanth from chennai india..
i am almost similar to u.
from the age of 3, where ever i go and wat ever i see(a word) i had the habit of spelling it in backwards..
now i am 18..to my surprise, now i am able to spell all words in backwards in a tremendous speed..and even if i haven’t heard the word, i’ll listen to the straight spelling only once, and can tell in backwwards in the same speed..do u think this is a talent?

mail me at prashu1791@yahoo.in

]]> By: sankofa http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/mental-challenge-spelling-words-backwards-its-tougher-than-it-sounds/comment-page-1/#comment-60650 sankofa Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:29:35 +0000 http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/?p=713#comment-60650 Interesting thought. Do you perchance have any research to back up this being something substantive beyond a mental exercise? I imagine it would be a useful way to learn spelling words, but seek a researched rationale. Interesting thought. Do you perchance have any research to back up this being something substantive beyond a mental exercise? I imagine it would be a useful way to learn spelling words, but seek a researched rationale.

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