Strangely I had no difficulty at all. Just as fast in both directions. I've not specifically trained myself for it. I have also always been able to read upside-down and sideways (or any orientation actually). Now I just need to try with mirrored text in some other orientation to see if that poses any difficulty. BTW: I am not dyslexic either. :showoff:

[QUOTE=LaurV;418587]$B\supset A$ usually means $A\subset ������$.[/QUOTE]

WHO PLAYED WITH MY POST?
:smile:

Edit: Hey, it works in original tex!

[TEX]B\supset A [/TEX] usually means [TEX]\reflectbox A\subset \reflectbox B[/TEX]

[QUOTE=LaurV;418595]WHO PLAYED WITH MY POST?
:smile:

Edit: Hey, it works in original tex!

[TEX]B\supset A [/TEX] usually means [TEX]\reflectbox A\subset \reflectbox B[/TEX][/QUOTE]

you can technically define things with \def I've been reading that page I posted in the new math rendering engine thread.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;418495]We wish our Kindle supported it![/QUOTE]

The Kindle app on Android has (recently added, I think) "Word Runner", which is similar to [URL="http://www.spreeder.com/"]the site[/URL] I linked earlier, but more advanced: it slows down on longer words and punctuation. I used it to read a bit, it was pretty good.

As a youngster, I thought it a neat trick to learn the alphabet backward just as well as I learned it forward. It is a skill I possess to this day, and is one hell of a way to blow people's minds :smile:. I also did the backwards reading and pronouncing thing, and even managed to teach that skill to my sister (who also knows the alphabet backward fairly fast herself).

Reciting the digits of [TEX]\pi[/TEX] backwards is an excellent parlor game, and if that bores your guests, there are always the digits of [TEX]e[/TEX] to tackle.

I also pride myself on being able to write upside down fairly well, and also to be able to read others' upside-down writing.

I wonder if playing with English text in this way flexes the brain in a manner that would make it easier to learn foreign languages.

[QUOTE=NBtarheel_33;420956]I wonder if playing with English text in this way flexes the brain in a manner that would make it easier to learn foreign languages.[/QUOTE]
That's an interesting question. My guessed answer, which is only speculation, is that it would make it easier for some people but not others, depending on the method of language learning which suits the individual. I think that if you have the type of mind which focusses on translation of text from your first language when speaking a different one, then yes, the skills involved seem similar. But if your brain associates the foreign language words with their semantic context rather than translated phrases from your first language, it's a different type of task altogether.

[QUOTE=NBtarheel_33;420956]Reciting the digits of [TEX]\pi[/TEX] backwards is an excellent parlor game, and if that bores your guests, there are always the digits of [TEX]e[/TEX] to tackle.[/QUOTE]

That's impressive, considering there's no last digit to start from. :smile: