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		<title>¡unɟ ɹǝʇʇǝן uʍop ǝpısdn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Catanzariti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[˙sʇɥƃıןɥƃıɥ ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐ ʍoןǝq ˙ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn ƃuısn ǝןdoǝd oʇ pǝʞןɐʇ puɐ (ǝʇʇǝןnoɹ ʇɐɥɔ pǝsɐq-ʇxǝʇ ɐ ɥɔnɯ ʎʇʇǝɹd) ǝןƃǝɯo oʇuo ʇuǝʍ ı os &#8216;ʇı ɥʇıʍ ʇuǝɯıɹǝdxǝ oʇ pǝpıɔǝp ı &#8216;ɹǝʍod sıɥʇ ɥʇıʍ uǝɥʇ ˙ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn ǝʞɐɯ oʇ ʍoɥ oʇuı &#8230; <a href="http://www.patrickcatanzariti.com/2010/04/upside-down-letter-fun/">Read the rest</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>˙sʇɥƃıןɥƃıɥ ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐ ʍoןǝq ˙ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn ƃuısn ǝןdoǝd oʇ pǝʞןɐʇ puɐ (ǝʇʇǝןnoɹ ʇɐɥɔ pǝsɐq-ʇxǝʇ ɐ ɥɔnɯ ʎʇʇǝɹd) ǝןƃǝɯo oʇuo ʇuǝʍ ı os &#8216;ʇı ɥʇıʍ ʇuǝɯıɹǝdxǝ oʇ pǝpıɔǝp ı &#8216;ɹǝʍod sıɥʇ ɥʇıʍ uǝɥʇ ˙ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn ǝʞɐɯ oʇ ʍoɥ oʇuı pǝʞooן ı &#8216;q uoɯıs ןɐuoıʇɐɹıdsuı ǝɥʇ oʇ sʞuɐɥʇ</p>
<p><strong>Translation:</strong> Thanks to the inspirational Simon B, I looked into how to make upside down text. Then with this power, I decided to experiment with it, so I went onto Omegle (pretty much a text-based chat roulette) and talked to people using upside down text. Below are the highlights.</p>
<p><strong>ǝuo ɹǝqɯnu uoıʇɐsɹǝʌuoɔ</strong><br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> hi<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿ןsɐ ¡ıɥ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> hello<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> wats that<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿ʇɐɥʍ s,ʇɐɥʍ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> gandu<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> mother @#$!er<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> screw u&#8230;&#8230;!@#hole<br />
(Censoring added by me)</p>
<p><strong>oʍʇ ɹǝqɯnu uoıʇɐsɹǝʌuoɔ</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> hiee<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿ןsɐ ¡ıɥ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> ?<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> ??<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿ןsɐ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> ???<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> ????<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> ?????<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿¿¿¿<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> ??????<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????</p>
<p><strong>ǝǝɹɥʇ</strong><strong><strong><strong> </strong>ɹǝ</strong>qɯnu uoıʇɐsɹǝʌuoɔ</strong><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿ןsɐ ¡ıɥ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> hey<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> m220<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> m20<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ɐıןɐɹʇsnɐ ɯ 02 ɯı<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> what ru doing<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> noʎ oʇ ƃuıʇʇɐɥɔ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> @%#^ ur self<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ˙ɹıs puıʞ uoıʇɔɐǝɹɹǝʌo ʎɹɐssǝɔǝuun ɥɥɥɥn<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> reply ^@$ hole<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ˙pıp ı<br />
(Censoring added by me)</p>
<p><strong>ɹnoɟ</strong><strong><strong><strong><strong> </strong>ɹǝ</strong>q</strong>ɯnu uoıʇɐsɹǝʌuoɔ</strong><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿ןsɐ ¡ıɥ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> hi<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> 15 f europe u?<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ɐıןɐɹʇsnɐ ɯ 02 ɯı<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> cool<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> why is you text up-down<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ɐıןɐɹʇsnɐ uı ɯı<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> ¿pןɹoʍ ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝpıs ɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ &#8216;ʍouʞ noʎ<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ǝɹǝɥ uʍop ǝpısdn sı ƃuıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> haha<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> ok<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> what u up to?<br />
(Continues from here till I forget to put my text upside down)</p>
<p><strong>ǝʌıɟ ɹǝqɯnu uoıʇɐsɹǝʌuoɔ</strong><br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> Heyy<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿ןsɐ ¡ıɥ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> 15 f aus.. That&#8217;s pretty kool <img src='http://www.patrickcatanzariti.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¡sʞuɐɥʇ<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ɐıןɐɹʇsnɐ ɯ 02 ɯı<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> How&#8217;d ya do it<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> <a href="http://www.sevenwires.com/play/UpsideDownLetters.html">http://www.sevenwires.com/play/UpsideDownLetters.html</a><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¡unɟ ɟo sʇoן s,ʇı<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> Kool!<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> And your 20 hardto beloeve<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> sɹɐǝʎ ʎɯ puoʎǝq ǝɹnʇɐɯ &#8216;ɐɥ ɐɥ<br />
<span style="color: #808080;">Your conversational partner has disconnected.</span></p>
<p><strong>xıs ɹǝqɯnu uoıʇɐsɹǝʌuoɔ</strong><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿ןsɐ ¡ıɥ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> hi<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> i dont understand wut is dat<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿uoıʇɐɔoן/xǝs/ǝƃɐ &#8216;ʍouʞ noʎ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> ohk<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> 14/f/pluto<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> hby<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ɐıןɐɹʇsnɐ ɯ 02 ɯı<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> kool<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> do u have msn<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ¿¿¿oʇnןd uo usɯ ǝʌɐɥ ʎǝɥʇ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> yepper, we&#8217;re the smartest<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> and we&#8217;re always flyin<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> our food is rocks<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ǝɹǝɥʇ ʇno soɥɔʎsd ǝɯos ǝɹɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ &#8216;ɐǝpı pooƃ ɐ s,ʇɐɥʇ &#8216;ʇǝɹɔǝs uoıʇɐɔoן ɹnoʎ ƃuıdǝǝʞ noʎ ǝɹıɯpɐ ı &#8216;ɐɥ ɐɥ<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ˙pǝʞɔoɹ pooɟ ʎɯ ɥsıʍ ı &#8216;ǝɯosǝʍɐ<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;">Stranger:</span> i noe right, i&#8217;ll remember u when i take over the world, and tell ma friend so they dont catch u<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">You:</span> ǝɯ ǝq ןן,ʇɐɥʇ &#8216;uʍop ǝpısdn ƃuıʞןɐʍ ʎnƃ ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ ʞooן ʇsnɾ &#8216;pooƃ</p>
<p><strong>uǝʌǝs ɹǝqɯnu uoıʇɐsɹǝʌuoɔ</strong><br />
Okay, well this was actually the most enjoyable conversation of the night but irritatingly when the conversation ended I was still typing and it skipped to the next person without giving me a chance to copy paste it in! It was basically what I&#8217;m claiming to be the first upside down &#8220;oy oy oy!&#8221; response ever made. Here is a re-enactment of that moment:</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">American girl:</span> aussie aussie aussie!<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">Loser guy doing upside down chat to everyone:</span> ¡ʎo ʎo ʎo<br />
After further conversation I also discovered that she has an outback hat which looks insanely better than mine. Totally need to get myself a much cooler looking outback hat now:</p>
<div id="attachment_340" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-340 " title="The american girl with the much cooler outback hat" src="http://www.patrickcatanzariti.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/betterhatthanmine.jpg" alt="The american girl with the much cooler outback hat" width="400" height="479" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The American girl with the much cooler outback hat</p></div>
<p>Overall, I was really surprised. As expected, quite a few people disconnected straight away when I asked for their asl (age, sex/gender, location for those not familiar with the chat world) in upside down text. Surprisingly, I had conversations with at least eight people in upside down text. Some didn&#8217;t even mention it. Some eventually got sick of upside down text, asked me to stop and then got bored and left. Others like the American girl above put up with it for quite a while!</p>
<p>¡ɥƃnoɥʇ ʇuǝɯıɹǝdxǝ unɟ ɐ ʎןǝʇıuıɟǝp sɐʍ ʇı</p>
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