# I evah eht elbirret tibah fo gnidaer sdrow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464 "2001-12-02T15:24:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/1 "2001-12-02T15:24:58Z")
~~sdrawkcab… sngisdaor…revetahw… ylsuoires… Rof sraey dna sraey ev’I dehsinup flesym ot eht tniop taht I nac od ti yrev llew… ---
**Author:** ![illuminati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@illuminati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminati)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/2 "2001-12-02T15:32:07Z")
yrev gnisufnoc deedni ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/3 "2001-12-02T15:46:14Z")
?sdrow laudividni fo gnilleps eth esrever tsuj uoy od ro ,ecnetnes a ni redor drow dnuora nrut uoy nac tub ,haeY ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/4 "2001-12-02T16:05:56Z")
~~I tsuj esrever eht gnilleps fo laudividni sdrow… T’nsaw ereht a Nohtyp no gnihtemos ekil siht? ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/5 "2001-12-02T16:07:30Z")
pots ti won. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/6 "2001-12-02T16:13:01Z")
.eromyna SMISPM gnitaredom ton m’I dalg os em ekam siht ekil sdaerhT. * * * _.H.S.M.H_ suhcytuE tniaS _?namtaB ot nam si tahW" .emahs fo gniht a ; kcots gnihgual A ,namrepuS ot eb namtaB llahs oS .emahs fo gniht a ; kcots gnihgual A"_ [sgnimeeT](http://www.teemings.com) [Edited by Eutychus55 on 12-02-2001 at 10:15 AM] ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/7 "2001-12-02T16:33:45Z")
Or you can flip the alphabet mirror-style, a=z and vice versa, y=b,vgx., abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba zmw lmxv blf’tv tlg rg nvnliravw, blf urmw blfihvor wlrmt rg lm-gsv-uob, ollprmt uli dliwi gszg szev erzyov zmzzolth orpv “zoo” zmw “tory”. ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/8 "2001-12-02T16:53:35Z")
Hguoht ton etiuq eht emas, siht sdnimer em fo [ym nwo elbirret drow tibah](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=81557), hcihw smees ot eb gnidaf a tib eseht syad… ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/9 "2001-12-02T17:26:40Z")
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**Author:** ![P.W.Doodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f14d63/32.png) [@P.W.Doodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P.W.Doodle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/10 "2001-12-02T17:39:56Z")
!gniyonna oooooS !!yllacitamotua siht gniod saw ti…tahc oohay ym dedargpu I erofeB. ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/11 "2001-12-02T22:15:32Z")
.sehcitsab live ,gnisufnoc uoy ,lla uoy etah i )tuo ti erugif dna yrt…gniwollof dohtem wen( .coin emas the fo sides owt ,evil ;evil .alive ma I tub ,evil ma I .redro word ni backwards seog also ti ;mom ro dad ekil words emordnilap of stol using ,trevin and lamron between setanretla sentence dab siht ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/12 "2001-12-02T22:17:53Z")
!struh niarb yM ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/13 "2001-12-02T22:18:10Z")
“siht” should be “this”. sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/14 "2001-12-02T22:25:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by saepiroth \* > \*\*“siht” should be “this”. > > sorry about that. \*\* I t’nac dnatsrednu uoy nehw uoy etirw ekil taht! Etirw lamron uoy odriew! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/15 "2001-12-02T23:53:56Z")
I ma gnivah elbuort gnidaer siht tsop! Ekam it pots! Ekam it pots! Ekam it pots! Ym niarb si gniog ot edolpxe, os hctaw tuo uoy thgim teg derevoc htiw gnihtemos. ---
**Author:** ![P.W.Doodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f14d63/32.png) [@P.W.Doodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P.W.Doodle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/16 "2001-12-03T00:01:37Z")
!LOL! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/17 "2001-12-03T00:11:05Z")
I tog hguorht flah eht dserht - neht i tog a echadaeh. 😕 [sub]t’nac ekam sdrawkcab edoc![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/18 "2001-12-03T00:15:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > \*\*Or you can flip the alphabet mirror-style, a=z and vice versa, y=b,vgx., > > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba > > zmw lmxv blf’tv tlg rg nvnliravw, blf urmw blfihvor wlrmt rg lm-gsv-uob, ollprmt uli dliwi gszg szev erzyov zmzzolth orpv “zoo” zmw “tory”. \*\* Then there’s [rot13](http://www.rot13.com) which goes like this: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz nopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm It used to be popular on Usenet for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/19 "2001-12-03T00:16:52Z")
t’noD leef dab, I od ti oot!!! yM sdneirf evah denrut ti otni a ytrap kcirt. nehW er’ew ta seitrap, yeht lliw yas gnihtemos dna llet em ot yas ti drawkcab. tI syawla skaerf elpoep tuo. I nac od ti ni lacitebahpla redro oot. :seyellor: For example, “Susie rocks” in alphabetical order would be, “eiSsu ckors”. I know. It’s weird. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-evah-eht-elbirret-tibah-fo-gnidaer-sdrow/96464/20 "2001-12-03T19:35:27Z")
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