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How weird is my daughter's skill?

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IndiganDop · 28/05/2023 16:14

My 12 year old can reverse any sentence instantly, phonetically, so if you play what she says in reverse it sounds like the actual sentence
(So not like saying "enoph" for phone, she would say something that sounds a bit like "newoff")

She has just recorded the entire song "how bad can it be" from the Lorax backwards phonetically, without reading from anything. She says she can just do it. When she then reverses the recording it is recognisably the words.

How is she doing this? Is it a utilisable skill in any way or completely pointless?

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woofrood · 28/05/2023 21:44

IndiganDop · 28/05/2023 21:36

Ecnetnes a server, but even more cleverly, she reverses the phonics so it will sound correct(ish) when played forwards.

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omg OP, please post the recording! never heard of that in my life, sounds so cool

Arewehumanorarewecupboards · 28/05/2023 21:48

Radi0liverpool · 28/05/2023 19:12

Well o used to do that too! Now I do even more complex things with words in my head all the time. I'm not sure why or what it is.

Do you have an example?

scrivette · 28/05/2023 21:49

DS can reverse words very very easily, it's amazing.

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Justalittlebitduckling · 28/05/2023 21:50

Can she do accents?

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IndiganDop · 28/05/2023 21:51

Here she is - I just invented the sentences, as you can hear she barely needs thinking time...

Me talking backwards

Cool talent of mine. My mum is giving me the sentences to say.

https://youtu.be/skiYgFPQtlM

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YukoandHiro · 28/05/2023 21:51

Does she have synethesia? So she sees the sentence, each syllable, in colour or shape or both so she's able to picture it and then just describe the picture backwards?

I don't have it but a friend of mine has and every name has both a colour and a texture to her. She doesn't understand what I mean when I say to me a name is just a sound.

Gettingbysomehow · 28/05/2023 21:52

I write words backwards all the time. I dont know Im doing it until I reread my work. Always have. I find it very annoying and assumed my brain is wired wrong.

Vallmo47 · 28/05/2023 21:54

SO cool!

woofrood · 28/05/2023 21:55

So cool!! She's amazing

BasiliskStare · 28/05/2023 21:56

@YukoandHiro - I think I have synesthsia - I see days of the week , numbers etc in colours. Never done me any practical good and apparently not as rare as you would think the but OP's DC sounds much more impressive. Whether it shows the sign of an impressive talent will need to be investigated.

angelicaelizapeggy · 28/05/2023 21:56

Whattt that’s amazing

CottonSock · 28/05/2023 21:56

Very cool.
I was impressed with how much backwards English sounded like Welsh...well a little

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IndiganDop · 28/05/2023 21:57

YukoandHiro · 28/05/2023 21:51

Does she have synethesia? So she sees the sentence, each syllable, in colour or shape or both so she's able to picture it and then just describe the picture backwards?

I don't have it but a friend of mine has and every name has both a colour and a texture to her. She doesn't understand what I mean when I say to me a name is just a sound.

She says yes, mum is yellow orange, G is green, and o is blue. Z is purple but how it looks not the sound ...

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MakesMeFeelSad · 28/05/2023 21:57

That's amazing, never heard of anyone doing that before !

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IndiganDop · 28/05/2023 21:58

Justalittlebitduckling · 28/05/2023 21:50

Can she do accents?

Not brilliantly, though her brother can.

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DuckBushCityLimit · 28/05/2023 21:59

The actor who played the backwards-talking man in Twin Peaks apparently used to do this as a secret language with his friends at school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Another_Place

The Man from Another Place - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Another_Place

blueandgreensocks · 28/05/2023 22:00

Leave your house right now, that's not your daughter anymore!

Jkk, that's so impressive

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 28/05/2023 22:01

She needs a you tube channel

Exante · 28/05/2023 22:02

Just listened.

That is absolutely incredible!!!

But, no offensive, it's really scaring me too 😂😂😂😂

Jeezypeepers · 28/05/2023 22:03

That’s bonkers, but brilliantly so. Get her on the telly!

Lidlpopdrinker · 28/05/2023 22:03

That’s amazing, she’s definitely a witch.

harrietm87 · 28/05/2023 22:05

Wow! I used to read words backwards as a kid all the time when I was bored - stuff on cereal packets, adverts etc. Still find myself doing it occasionally. But I couldn’t do it without seeing them written down!

Frustratedgirl · 28/05/2023 22:07

This is fascinating. I’m thinking she’d be good at code breaking at GCHQ.

Useruser222 · 28/05/2023 22:07

Wow that's amazing!! Can she rap flip it and reverse it 😂😂

philautia · 28/05/2023 22:07

I don't know anyone who can do this but just listened to your YouTube recording and that is fascinating! I'm sure there is an niche somewhere not for speaking backwards phonetically, but how her brain processes.

Amazing!