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More original wordplay from Soupablog.

"Odelay" — Beck
"Yodelay" — Gene Autry
"Oralé"    — Cowboy Troy
"Aura Lee" — Elvis
"Aurally" — Pet Shop Boys
"Orally" — Shakira
"Lorelei" — The Pogues

another good 180º ambigram

Anagraph (Ambigram) for Holidays

Frequent reads to soupablog know my penchant for anagraphs.  (editor's note: i'm discovering others who call these ambigrams or inversions). I had no idea that someone else locally would also share this quirk. And I must admit I have met my match.

This is the art from a circular christmas card I received today from a p r firm here in town. Clicking the art will take you to their site. There was no art credit, so I assume they did it in-house. My hats are off.

Happy Holidays:

wordplay: anagraph #2

here's another anagraph (or ambigraph or inversion)
i did last year for Robin Lees:

wordplay: anagraphs

anagraphs (or ambigraphs or inversions) are like visual palindromes. i got hooked on creating them a while back, thanks to the symmetry margo chase brought to her logo work (and the work of scott kim). anyhoo, while cleaning out a folder today after lunch, I came across this anagraph i did of my own signature a while back. it is an anagraph, so if you spin it 180 degrees, it looks the same:

more wordplay

via rob:

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pick up the homophone (a blog game for you to participate in)

as if we needed a new version of the Bible, I came up with this game in the shower this mornning. help me create a homophonetic translation of scripture. Here's my contribution:

    fort Uday ewe Willoughby [with] Meehan parrot ice

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