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25: 354:, a whisper is heard saying, "I'm still here." However, if one reverses it, it says, "Three Letters Back", which is a clue to the ending credits code. The whisper is changed to "Switch the A with Z" in Double Dipper, "26 Letters" in Bottomless Pit, "Key Vigenere" in Scary-Oke, and "Not What He Seems" in the episode with this title (while still using the 183:
realizations of those phonemes. Strictly speaking, a reversal of phonemes will still result in allophones appropriate for the new position; for example, if a word with a final /t/ is reversed so that the /t/ is initial, the initial /t/ will be aspirated in line with the conventional allophonic
218:'s singing being both phonetically reversed at one middle point of the song, which turned the track's harmonics to be reversed from the beginning although Robert Wyatt restarted to sing normally, causing an original and disturbing effect. 336:
In 2007, backwards speaking radio sensation "Backwards Dave" (David Klempfner) beat the Guinness World Record Holder, David Fuhrer aka "Mr Backwards" in a backwards-speaking competition live on Triple J. In 2008, Dave performed on
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that " everything goes backwards". He then proceeds to deliver a series of phonetically reversed phrases, many of them vulgar, which she must guess by reversing them out loud.
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Backmasking involves not only the reversal of the sounds and order of phonemes or phones, but the reversal of the
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A specific recording of the phrase "In the mix" exists that is a phonetic palindrome, and is often used by
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sang phonetically reversed lyrics on the backing vocal to the "Rich Guns" track on the band's first album,
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saying "Does Australia Have Talent?" in phonetic reversal. In 2012 Backwards Dave appeared on Channel 7's
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Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jim Ure is better known by his phonetically reversed (first) name
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sang the lyrics backwards; this recording was in turn reversed to create "backwards-sounding" vocals.
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used phonetic reversal in her songs "Watching You Without Me" (1985) and "Leave it Open" (1982).
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used the effect on the song "Like Spinning Plates", released on their 2001 album
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depending on where it lies in a word, hence creating an imperfect reversal.
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Process of reversing the phonemes or phones of a word or phrase
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