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That's really crazy. I mean spelling words backwards in your minds eye seems like something you could pick up rather easily, but then deconstructing the associated sounds and reconstructing what they'd sound in reverse on-the-fly is really something.

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I'd guess one would use a voice recorder to practice the skill, that way you get pretty fast feedback on how to make the right sounds in reverse. As a child I practiced to say my name in reverse, as the voice recorder in Windows 3.1 (or 95?) was an obvious invitation to play around with. It could reverse, slow-down or speed-up (Mickey mouse voice!), and gave you a visual feedback.

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