Can you say the alphabet backwards?
By firecracker
@sacmom (14192)
United States
May 4, 2007 6:38pm CST
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. Okay, so I can say it from A-Z, but I have to admit I cannot say it from Z-A. I tried to when I was little, but I couldn't quite get it, so I gave up and I haven't tried to do it since. Do any of you know how to say the alphabet backwards or are you like me where you can only say it A-Z. Please share your thoughts.
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8 responses
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
5 May 07
I can't. I might, if I practise hard enough and memorize it like another alphabet. Otherwise no. I am not that much of a genius. :P
@magicalmerlin (1623)
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4 May 07
I did manage to say it backwards but it was a struggle. Perhaps that is because it is almost 1am and I should be in bed! We used to play a game about that as children and could sort of sing it backwards. It was fun. That is a bit like trying to write with the wrong hand. I used to practise that too. I once broke my collar bone so could not write correctly and had to try with my left hand so then decided to practise. I got quite good but have not done that for ages either.
@nrnotrare (631)
• United States
5 May 07
Hello sacmom....
I have won many bets because I can say it backwards just a fast as anyone can say it frontwards. I can even start in the middle and go backwards or forwards anytime. I have even gotten out of a ticket by saying it backwards, the officer refused to believe that a drunk could say it backwards. If you want me to prove it, I'll give you my phone number in Nebraska.
Tom
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
5 May 07
That's amazing! No need to prove it, something tells me your are speaking the truth. :) If a cop pulled me over and asked me to say the alphabet backwards, whether I was drunk or not, I'd be in trouble! LOL
@mugzy528 (800)
• United States
4 May 07
Nope I have tried it and I only get to z,yx and then I'am a gonner..lol
Maybe I will ask my wife if she can do it. I remember when I was younger trying to do it but now that I'am and Old Fa** I'am lucky I can remember my own Name.
Have a Great Day
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
5 May 07
Hmm, you're 39 and you consider yourself an old fa**?!? LOL My husband's a year older than you and he's still a kid! ha ha
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
10 May 07
Hahaha I am happy to be able to say it forward. I wouldn't even attempt it backwards, I would get a headache.
@gneiche08 (25)
• Philippines
5 May 07
I have also wondered why it's hard to say the alphabets backwards. Much more if you sing it with the same tune with the ABC. lol
Well maybe because since the early times when we learned to speak up a word and read it, we are taught to speak the alphabet in the right way. We were never taught to say it backwards. But i think we can learn on how to do it. We just have to memorize the backward alphabet.
