# enignE hcraeS elgooG

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 24, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369 "2007-09-24T23:39:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/1 "2007-09-24T23:39:32Z")

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This is work safe.

[http://elgoog.rb-hosting.de/index.cgi](http://elgoog.rb-hosting.de/index.cgi)😃

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/2 "2007-09-24T23:44:43Z")

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I seem to recall reading that this “mirror” is actually used as an alternative to China’s official Google, where search results are censored by the government. It almost looks like Klingon to my untrained eye.

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/3 "2007-09-25T00:26:42Z")

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Holy Sh\*t you have to type things in backwards too??? Type in Straightdope then do it backwards… cool.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/4 "2007-09-25T00:32:14Z")

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If typing stuff backwards is tiresome or difficult, you can use this [text reversal app](http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ztomasze/ta/ics211-sp05/reverse/index.html).

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/5 "2007-09-25T04:48:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]  
If typing stuff backwards is tiresome or difficult, you can use this [text reversal app](http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ztomasze/ta/ics211-sp05/reverse/index.html).  
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That doesn’t work! I tried typing in random phrases, such as “Madam I’m Adam” and “A man a plan a canal Panama” and nothing happened when I hit “reverse.”

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/6 "2007-09-25T19:00:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Fiver]  
That doesn’t work! I tried typing in random phrases, such as “Madam I’m Adam” and “A man a plan a canal Panama” and nothing happened when I hit “reverse.”  
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Hmmm. Ok, try “Able was I ere I saw Elba.”

😉

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/7 "2007-09-25T19:12:05Z")

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Or try it on [this song.](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/bob.html)

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**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/8 "2007-09-25T21:22:24Z")

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The site was entertainingly weird,

your examples are brilliant.

I love you guys, thanks for the morning happiness.

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/9 "2007-09-26T00:22:31Z")

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All of a sudden, I have a new idea for defeating a certain fifth-dimensional mischief-maker.

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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/10 "2007-09-26T00:27:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]  
If typing stuff backwards is tiresome or difficult, you can use this [text reversal app](http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ztomasze/ta/ics211-sp05/reverse/index.html).  
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Or just type normally, pressing the left arrow in between each letter.

tluciffid taht ton

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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enigne-hcraes-elgoog/420369/11 "2007-09-26T02:03:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Sapo]  
tluciffid taht ton  
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😃 .esra eht ni niap a tuB