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This question has been bothering me for nearly forty years..
Many years ago, before the proliferation of fast food outlets, the buffet at the Railway Station was a convenient place for a cup of coffee.
One particular buffet had glass doors, so that signs could be seen from both sides.
On the outside the sigh read " pull " but from the inside it looked like " lluq "
Somewhere somehow there must be a combination of letters which means "pull" from one side and "push" from the other but I have yet to find it.
Some lower case letters which can look like letters from the back are:- b d g i l m n o p q u v w x y
Some upper case letters which look like letters from the back are: A H I M O T U V W X Y
With this ammunition and some ingenuity can anybody come up with a workable answer?
One particular buffet had glass doors, so that signs could be seen from both sides.
On the outside the sigh read " pull " but from the inside it looked like " lluq "
Somewhere somehow there must be a combination of letters which means "pull" from one side and "push" from the other but I have yet to find it.
Some lower case letters which can look like letters from the back are:- b d g i l m n o p q u v w x y
Some upper case letters which look like letters from the back are: A H I M O T U V W X Y
With this ammunition and some ingenuity can anybody come up with a workable answer?
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(Email Removed) filted: [nq:1]Many years ago, before the proliferation of fast food outlets, the buffet at the Railway Station was a convenient place ... r
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(Email Removed) filted:
[nq:1]Many years ago, before the proliferation of fast food outlets, the buffet at the Railway Station was a convenient place ... T U V W X Y With this ammunition and some ingenuity can anybody come up with a workable answer?[/nq]
I'll bet Scott Kim could come up with a workable answer that doesn't make use of the "these letters are the same reversed"...witness the
[nq:1]Many years ago, before the proliferation of fast food outlets, the buffet at the Railway Station was a convenient place ... T U V W X Y With this ammunition and some ingenuity can anybody come up with a workable answer?[/nq]
I'll bet Scott Kim could come up with a workable answer that doesn't make use of the "these letters are the same reversed"...witness the
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[nq:1]One particular buffet had glass doors, so that signs could be seen from both sides. On the outside the sigh ... T U V W X Y With this ammunition and some ingenuity can anybody come up with a workable answer?[/nq]
If you are looking for a palindrome which would satisfy for both meanings of push and pull you might as well also discover the Holy Grail.
Joanne
If you are looking for a palindrome which would satisfy for both meanings of push and pull you might as well also discover the Holy Grail.
Joanne
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(Email Removed) (Email Removed) writes:
[nq:1]Many years ago, before the proliferation of fast food outlets, the buffet at the Railway Station was a convenient place ... T U V W X Y With this ammunition and some ingenuity can anybody come up with a workable answer?[/nq]
The person that you want to talk to is Scott Kim. I'm sure he wouldn't have too much trouble creating a sign that read "
[nq:1]Many years ago, before the proliferation of fast food outlets, the buffet at the Railway Station was a convenient place ... T U V W X Y With this ammunition and some ingenuity can anybody come up with a workable answer?[/nq]
The person that you want to talk to is Scott Kim. I'm sure he wouldn't have too much trouble creating a sign that read "
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Hi,
There was a website which did interactive inversions, of the Scott Kim type, but I can't now find it..
But I'm sure someone else can:
There was a website which did interactive inversions, of the Scott Kim type, but I can't now find it..
But I'm sure someone else can:
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Evan Kirshenbaum filted:
[nq:1]The person that you want to talk to is Scott Kim. I'm sure he wouldn't have too much trouble creating ... do one for my parents which was my dad's name one way up and my mom's the other way up.[/nq]
Nice to see the aue hivemind is still functioning at peak efficiency..r
[nq:1]The person that you want to talk to is Scott Kim. I'm sure he wouldn't have too much trouble creating ... do one for my parents which was my dad's name one way up and my mom's the other way up.[/nq]
Nice to see the aue hivemind is still functioning at peak efficiency..r
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[nq:1]Hi, There was a website which did interactive inversions, of the Scott Kim type, but I can't now find it.. But I'm sure someone else can: http://www.ambigram.com/ and follow your nose to the page that produces automatic inversions from text you give it.[/nq]
Other ambigram sites:
Other ambigram sites:
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[nq:1]Somewhere somehow there must be a combination of letters which means "pull" from one side and "push" from the other but I have yet to find it.[/nq]
to find any word whose mirror image is also a word.
The letters I chose as invertible were AHIMOTUVWXYbdiomnpqtuvwx (imntu required a bit of imaginative font magic)
I gave my program the word lists from both Solaris's and
to find any word whose mirror image is also a word.
The letters I chose as invertible were AHIMOTUVWXYbdiomnpqtuvwx (imntu required a bit of imaginative font magic)
I gave my program the word lists from both Solaris's and
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In alt.english.usage on Thu, 16 Oct 2003 22:12:06 GMT "Joanne Marinelli" (Email Removed) posted:
[nq:2]One particular buffet had glass doors, so that signs could ... some ingenuity can anybody come up with a workable answer?[/nq]
[nq:1]If you are looking for a palindrome which would satisfy for both meanings of push and pull you might as well also discover the Holy Grail.[/nq]
It woul
[nq:2]One particular buffet had glass doors, so that signs could ... some ingenuity can anybody come up with a workable answer?[/nq]
[nq:1]If you are looking for a palindrome which would satisfy for both meanings of push and pull you might as well also discover the Holy Grail.[/nq]
It woul
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[nq:2]If you are looking for a palindrome which would satisfy ... pull you might as well also discover the Holy Grail.[/nq]
[nq:1]It would not have to be a paindrome.[/nq]
I sometimes think of aue as a paindrome.
[nq:1]It would not have to be a paindrome.[/nq]
I sometimes think of aue as a paindrome.
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[nq:1]I sometimes think of aue as a paindrome.[/nq]
What happens when we break the law? What happens when the rules aren't fair? We all know where we go from theere To the house of pain! -- "No Spill Blood", Oingo Boingo
What happens when we break the law? What happens when the rules aren't fair? We all know where we go from theere To the house of pain! -- "No Spill Blood", Oingo Boingo
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