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Title: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Flick James on May 10, 2010, 12:08:29 PM
Have you ever noticed that if you put alot of western, anglo first names backwards they come out seeming like either middle eastern names, Israeli names, or a name you'd see in the Bible? Examples:

James - Semaj
Deborah - Harobed
Denise - Esined
Michael - Leachim
Martin - Nitram
Miles - Selim

You can really go on and on with this. No wonder western and eastern cultures think the other is backward. Even the names are that way. I wonder if you took alot of names from the eastern hemisphere and flipped them if they would seem western. Hmmmmmm.


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on May 10, 2010, 01:16:05 PM
I suppose so.  Some years ago parenting magazine did an article on how to pick baby names and one suggestion was pick something you like and spell it backwards.  Hence the name Niveah hitting the trailer parks as we speak.

-De


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: retrorussell on May 10, 2010, 03:22:54 PM
Hmm.. or names spelled backwards could be their profession, or personify what they are like..

Damon-someone who is always on the move.
Marc-someone who constantly stuffs their face with food, or studies overtime for tests.
Bud-someone who doesn't seem to be speaking in their own voice.


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: indianasmith on May 10, 2010, 09:21:35 PM
Years ago, when commuting to work early in the AM, I began reading all the road signs backwards to amuse myself.  I can now pronounce any word backwards as long as I have it to look at, and can sing all four verses of "Oh my Darlin' Clementine" backwards!


"Ni a nrevac, ni a noynac, gnitacxe rof a enim,
Tlewd a renim eninytrof, dna sih rethguad, enitnemelc!!!!"


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Trevor on May 11, 2010, 02:08:38 AM
Hmm.. or names spelled backwards could be their profession, or personify what they are like..

Damon-someone who is always on the move.
Marc-someone who constantly stuffs their face with food, or studies overtime for tests.
Bud-someone who doesn't seem to be speaking in their own voice.

 :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:

amraK for you.  :smile:


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Trevor on May 11, 2010, 02:11:16 AM
If you wear my undies backwards, they become clean.  :buggedout: :buggedout:


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: joejoeherron on May 11, 2010, 05:10:47 AM
or if you wear your undies inside out


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Dennis on May 11, 2010, 08:02:45 AM
If you wear my undies backwards, they become clean.  :buggedout: :buggedout:

Trevor, much as I like you, I am never going to wear your undies, backwards, forwards or any other way.


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Trevor on May 11, 2010, 09:09:19 AM
If you wear my undies backwards, they become clean.  :buggedout: :buggedout:

Trevor, much as I like you, I am never going to wear your undies, backwards, forwards or any other way.

 :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Doggett on May 11, 2010, 09:27:08 AM
Years ago, when commuting to work early in the AM, I began reading all the road signs backwards to amuse myself. 

WOW !

That takes boredom to a whole new level.  :buggedout:


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on May 11, 2010, 01:34:26 PM
Years ago, when commuting to work early in the AM, I began reading all the road signs backwards to amuse myself. 

WOW !

That takes boredom to a whole new level.  :buggedout:

Not at all, its fun brain game (see my word games thread) But then again, thats me all over and I have a high boring stuff tolerance.
0Ed


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: retrorussell on May 11, 2010, 09:26:54 PM
Hmm.. or names spelled backwards could be their profession, or personify what they are like..

Damon-someone who is always on the move.
Marc-someone who constantly stuffs their face with food, or studies overtime for tests.
Bud-someone who doesn't seem to be speaking in their own voice.

 :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:

amraK for you.  :smile:

!uoy knahT


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Chainsawmidget on May 11, 2010, 10:12:09 PM
Years ago, when commuting to work early in the AM, I began reading all the road signs backwards to amuse myself.  I can now pronounce any word backwards as long as I have it to look at, and can sing all four verses of "Oh my Darlin' Clementine" backwards!


"Ni a nrevac, ni a noynac, gnitacxe rof a enim,
Tlewd a renim eninytrof, dna sih rethguad, enitnemelc!!!!"
And indianasmith inadvertently summoned Cthulhu dooming all mankind. 


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: indianasmith on May 11, 2010, 11:04:08 PM
No Great Old Ones, sorry - did nearly run a grumpy old one off the road one morning, though.  You'd think a 76 T-bird could go faster than 28 mph on the interstate!


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: retrorussell on May 11, 2010, 11:47:43 PM
A few more backwards names:

Sam-A guy who likes Spanish so much he wants to hear more.
Drew-A dyslexic guy trying to sound hip.  "Werd!"
Tami-Some woman giving out directions to her location.


Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Jim H on May 12, 2010, 01:37:18 AM
Have you ever noticed that if you put alot of western, anglo first names backwards they come out seeming like either middle eastern names, Israeli names, or a name you'd see in the Bible? Examples:

James - Semaj
Deborah - Harobed
Denise - Esined
Michael - Leachim
Martin - Nitram
Miles - Selim

You can really go on and on with this. No wonder western and eastern cultures think the other is backward. Even the names are that way. I wonder if you took alot of names from the eastern hemisphere and flipped them if they would seem western. Hmmmmmm.


I bet a good portion of this has to do with the different ways biblical era names descended into Arabic and and English.  Many biblical names exist in multiple languages, often in VERY different ways.  Try looking up all the variants of James/Jacob.



Title: Re: The Backwards Name Thing.
Post by: Mofo Rising on May 12, 2010, 01:38:54 AM
Most names are built from the phonetic parts, so the backwards hypothesis doesn't quite work, but it is a weird coincidence.

Speaking of weird coincidences, and in the vein of indianasmith's post, if you remember the series Twin Peaks, there was a weird space midget who spoke in a weird backwards intonation. To achieve the affect, Michael J. Anderson, the dwarf actor spoke the lines phonetically backwards, and then the film was reversed so the lines sounded like "normal" speech.

When David Lynch was describing the process to him, Anderson said that it had been a hobby of his for years. Alright, it may not be that weird, but it was that sort of happenstance that the series was built on.

It's pretty fun. If you've got a camera and some software, try it out for yourself. Hours of fun.