It’s language week over on The Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society. Led Zeppelin and David Lynch fans rejoice — in today’s news we have an article about the art of speaking backwards, and some hilarious video footage of Ari Gorman, a contemporary master of this art.
.gnitseretni os saw tahT
.tenretni eht no erehwyna it raen yletomer neve semoc taht gnihton s’erehT
.ruof fo ega eht ecnis sdrawkcab kaeps ot elba neeb evah I
.od uoy taht yaw emas eht ni ton hguohT
.sdrawckab gniht elohw eht etaicnunna nac I ecnetnes yna gnireah retfA
.ereh nettirw evah I sa yaw emas eht yltcaxe nI
.tseb eht llA
.ydnA