Comments on: Mental Challenge: Spelling Words Backwards – It’s Tougher Than it Sounds!

By: JOB POTTAS

JOB POTTAS — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:25:54 +0000

HI, YOUR ARTICLE IS WONDERFUL.. BACKWARDS SPELLING IS MY FAVORITE PASTIME.. AND IN FACT I ENTERED THE GUINNESS BOOK LAST YEAR BY CORRECTLY SPELLING BACKWARDS 50 RANDOM WORDS IN 1 MIN.40 SEC… I AM 50, FROM KERALA, INDIA. MY CHILDREN TOO CAN DO THIS. I CAN ALSO SPEAK AND SING IN REVERSE.. YES I CAN REVERSE THE SOUND OR WAVE PATTERN.. MY SON GEORDIE CAN INSTANTANEOUSLY COUNT AND TELL THE NUMBER OF LETTER IN ANY WORD, PHRASE OR SENTENCE.. MAIL ME AT:
jobpottas@gmail.com

By: Jatin Jain

Jatin Jain — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:59:11 +0000

Hello fellow backward spellers! It’s interesting to know that there are a whole lot of people who can do this. Till now I used to think that it was only me. I would spell and speak words backwards, ofcourse in my head only. I used to find it weird but fun to do this (uoy wonk tahw I naem ) So I never told anybody about it. Just thought of googling around today and feels great to have discovered that ‘I ma ton eht ylno eno’ !!! and kind of makes me feel privileged to have this rare thing (skill ?).

By: LInda

LInda — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:01:20 +0000

I spell backwards alllllll the time. My mind is always doing this and wanting to stay busy. I’m 48 and have been doing this for about 30 years.

By: Joi

Joi — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:26:52 +0000

Kev, how amazing it must be to have a mind that works so fast! I wish I could work with numbers as quickly. Math isn’t my strong suit, I’m much better with words.

By: Kev

Kev — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:50:34 +0000

wow, Ive never seen or heard of other speed spellers. Good to know im not the only one as I have been spelling sentences just as fast as i can say them since i was like 6.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:49:03 +0000

Hiya, I can also spell words backwards. When I got bored in school I would just try and spell things backwards and now I can do it naturally. There are some words that I get stuck on but generally I can say and spell most things backwards which everyone finds amazing. Nice to know there are some other people who have mastered this Now I want to find something else to amaze everyone with , any suggestions ?

By: jemma

jemma — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:52:41 +0000

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

Prashanth — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:50:40 +0000

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

sankofa — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:29:35 +0000

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.