Comments on: Reading backwards: the true hallmark of a complete education

By: prof Stephen D. Waner

prof Stephen D. Waner — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:55:13 +0000

yup there are those of us that must read & write Backwards due to dyslexia also known as strephosymbolia which means twisted symbols. now just for futher edu find out the meaning of this word, Palindrome & Boustrophedon (both are Greek ) HAVE FUN. Paschar / professor Stephen D Waner on Dyslexia—-sdrawkcaB gnidaeR dnA—–

By: Dilip

Dilip — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:53:25 +0000

My son, 9 years, can instantly pronounce any word backward, as soon as you say it. Is it a special talent?

By: kaiti

kaiti — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:52:34 +0000

When I was in middle school, all the notes I wrote to my friends were in mirror writing, so that our parents wouldnt find them and be able to read them. They never did figure it out. I also created a language, using some english letters and some greek, all disguised in random symbols assigned to the letters. Its difficult to explain unless you know see it, but it worked. I’ve never met anyone that could read it

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:30:59 +0000

I can mirror write easily. It has become my party trick.

Several years ago, after reading about DaVinci mirror writing in his notebooks, I wondered if I could do it. And I could… right off the bat. It even still looks like my handwriting when viewed in the mirror.

I can also write mirror with my left hand while simultaneously writing normally with my right (I am right-handed). Just now, for kicks, I tried mirror with my right and normal with my left in tandem; and I can do that to, albeit the left hand side is quite shaky.

For me it’s totally a visual “skill”. I can’t say words backwards at all!

By: Larissa

Larissa — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:44:14 +0000

I once heard a story (maybe you’ve heard it, too) of a woman who sat down on a train and was puzzled to see that the man across from her was holding his newspaper upside-down. She asked him about it, and he told her he came from a large family that had story-time, but his parents would always read with the book flat on their lap and right-side up for the parents. Because, depending on where he would sit, the book would be upside-down or sideways, he learned to read without worrying about direction, so everything was “right-side up” to him.

By: Priest

Priest — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:38:40 +0000

Hey Vivian, “ne dong engwin ma?”

By: Aemi

Aemi — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:30:39 +0000

Duane, you said the exact thing I was going to say. So I guess now I don’t need to say it.

Class boredom has prompted many of the things I do seriously now, like drawing and writing.

By: stephen waner

stephen waner — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:34:18 +0000

after 17 years of R&D i had a keyboard built to my range of vision, all the fonts are formated in the mirror image & may be viewed at this url`s company @ http://www.arkayengravers.com click on the link DYSLEXIC KEYBOARD the reason is that i have a eyesight condition there is no cure for known as Strephosumbolia aka mirror image dyslexia, as to learning how to read & write in this style is simple; by useing a black fine tip felttip sharpie pen, write any font on a plain white paper, allow the ink to bleed through the paper, turn the paper over in the horizontal 180 & view the line, if done correctly the return margin will appear on the right side of the page & all letters & print will appear in the true mirror image, if you want to have a little more fun learn to write in BOUSTROPHEDON this style will be an even greater challenge as one has to write normal as well as backwards, the early romans used this text to send secrets to troops as it is a form of zig-zag print that allows not haveing to return to the margin point, start the first line in normal print to the end of it, then drop down to the next line in mirror print, if done right the page will be printed as follows; line 1 normal print, line 2 mirror print, line 3 normal, line 4 mirror and so on

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:02:44 +0000

Katie-
that’s awesome. If I ever get some spare time, I might try to teach myself…it could be a decidedly nerdy party trick.
(not that writing backwards is nerdy, but writing backwards at a party?)

I taught myself to read upside down so I could study with class mates without having to deal with space issues, and that was pretty easy. I can also write upside down, albeit very slowly. In activity books that had phrases backward that you had to lift up to the mirror to read, I figured, wouldn’t it be more efficient to skip the mirror, so I taught myself to read backwards too, but writing backwards is a whole other story!

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:59:40 +0000

I’ve always been a backwards/upside down reader too. It’s how I keep myself occupied when I’m bored. My favorite backwards word is oscillation- noitallicso. Now that’s just funny.