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Doing It Backwards -- From Oprah to Frank Sinatra,...

2008-09-13T21:02:00.000-07:00

Doing It Backwards -- From Oprah to Frank Sinatra, many people have
spelled their names backwards for fun!

PHOTO OF OPRAH SIGN
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by Dan Bloom

That's right: Oprah and Frank did it, and you can do, too. Actually,
hundreds, if not mthousands of people around the world spell their
names backwards for fun and profit. Some do it among friends, and when
they sign their email letters. Other do it for business reasons, as
Oprah does when she calls her production company in Chicago -- are you
ready? -- Harpo Productions.

Frank Sinatra used to sign his oil paintings by the name of "Artanis".

To handle all this, there is now an International Directory of
Backwards Names, and they are taking nominations right now. Spell your
name or business backwards and join the community of backwardness, for
free.

Spell your name right and many people will just yawn with boredom. But dare
to spell it backwards and you join a select crowd, members of this
International Registry of Backward Names.

It started as a lark in in the early 1990s but has now turned into a longterm
hobby as hundreds of North Americans -- and others from as far away as
Europe, Africa and Asia -- have sent in email letters and postcards
with their names in reverse. There's a free website on the
Internet, and the call is going out now for more nominations and
signups.

Tim Rae of Baltimore, Maryland, also known as ''Ear Mit'', signed up
in when the registry first went public in 1990. He said
that he has used his backward name ever since friends dubbed him
Ear Mit during his college days.

So has Ed Clayfoot of Dallas, Texas, who name reversed is listed as De
Tooftalc. Toofyalc also sent
in the names of 27 Toofyalf family members, including the family dog,
Leber (Rebel).

Derf Semloh (Fred Holmes) of Irving, Texas, has used his backward name
in organizing a dart tournament for the last 35 years.

In Tokyo, there's a coffee shop called "Alucard" in both English and
Japanese signage. When the Japanese owner was asked why he chose
that name, the owner said he was a big fan of the Dracula movies from
Europe and the USA, and Alucard is, well.....read it backwards!

Over 1000 people from 15 countries have signed on
the free global registry since it was first launched almost 20 years ago.

"With the Internet, distance no longer exists, and we can sign people
up, add their names to our registry and email back to them in Internet
Time," according to the website that promotes "doing it backwards".

No, it is not about sex and it is very safe for work!

"I'm just doing this to give people around the world a chuckle, in
times when we all need a chuckle. The real world news right now is not
very good at the moment," according to the website. "How did we get
into this hobby? We kind of just stumbled into it. Now the New York
Times, CNN, the BBC,
NPR and a host of newspaper reporters from around the world are
calling to verify if this thing is real. It is. We are."

There's no cost and no obligation for those who sign up. All
prospective members must do is send in their names by e-mail,
backwards. Use the email address at the end of this article to sign
yourself up. Never a dull moment in the backwards universe.

The registry eventually plans to donate the entire list
of names over to the Smithsonian Institution's popular culture division
in Washington, D.C.

People have been sending in examples of backward
names that have come into everyday use. For example:

* A California company that makes cement calls itself TNEMEC.
* An oil additive produced in Boston is named Silogram, after its
inventor, Ed Margolis.
* As stated above, Oprah Winfrey's TV production firm is named Harpo
Productions.
* Also, as you already know, the late Frank Sinatra used to sign his
oil paintings with the name "Artanis".
* A street in Annapolis, Maryland, is called Silopanna Street on the
street maps there.
* A travel company in San Francisco is called Levart Travel Company.
* And in Japan, as you know already, a coffee shop in Tokyo called
Alucard, for fans of Dracula.
* There's more: Fathers named Leon who name their sons Noel; fathers
named Amos who
name their daughters Soma. Mothers named Selma who name their
daughters Amles.
* A hamburger joint in Davis, California that serves buffalo and ostrich
burgers and was originally called Murder Burgers. However, the city
council felt the name was too violent and asked the owner to change it.
He did: to "Red Rum" Burgers.
* Nutrimetics used to sell a product called Derits. It was a herbal
tablet that helped you to stay awake -- a natural version of caffeine.
Hence the name -- ''tired'' spelled backwards.
* And get this! The song lyrics to "Work It" by Missy Elliott, 2002, that go:

"Is it worth it? Let me work it
I put my thing down flip it, and reverse it
Ti esrever dna, ti pilf, nwod
gniht ym tup, I...
I you got a big you know what, let me search ya..."

The website says it is somewhat surprised at the amount of international
interest in the backwards registry, but they think the world always need a laugh
or two to help it get through the day, noting: "Maybe in a world that
is so mobile .... joining a backwards name club
is a way of feeling you are part of something. This club belongs to
everyone who joins in the fun. People feel they
are becoming a part of history by signing up their names in reverse."

Once you join the backwards registry, you, or your backwards better
half, will receive a letter validating
your registration by return email. It's all free, your email address
will never be given out to anyone and everything will remain
confidential.

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