The National Registry of Backward Names
The National Registry of Backward Names was created around 1990 by Alaska writer Dan Bloom (aka Nad Moolb). People could send in their name, spelled backwards, and have it recorded in the registry. There was no cost for this. Nor was there any particular benefit. So why do it? Bloom suggested it could represent an alter ego, "a license to be goofy and yet sane at the same time." Bloom offered three guidelines: 1. you could pronounce your backward name any way you wanted. 2. You could reverse your name completely or transpose a couple of letters to make it easier to say 3. You could put your last name first or keep the names in their normal order. Bloom said he had plans to turn the registry over to the Smithsonian, but I suspect that at some point it just ceased to exist. Camden Courier-Post - Mar 10, 1991
The National Registry of Backward Names was created around 1990 by Alaska writer Dan Bloom (aka Nad Moolb). People could send in their name, spelled backwards, and have it recorded in the registry. There was no cost for this. Nor was there any particular benefit. So why do it? Bloom suggested it could represent an alter ego, "a license to be goofy and yet sane at the same time."
Bloom offered three guidelines:
1. you could pronounce your backward name any way you wanted.
2. You could reverse your name completely or transpose a couple of letters to make it easier to say
3. You could put your last name first or keep the names in their normal order.
Bloom said he had plans to turn the registry over to the Smithsonian, but I suspect that at some point it just ceased to exist.
Bloom offered three guidelines:
1. you could pronounce your backward name any way you wanted.
2. You could reverse your name completely or transpose a couple of letters to make it easier to say
3. You could put your last name first or keep the names in their normal order.
Bloom said he had plans to turn the registry over to the Smithsonian, but I suspect that at some point it just ceased to exist.
Camden Courier-Post - Mar 10, 1991
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