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The word "swims' is an ambigram (reads the same upside down and right to left). Are there any other ambigrams in the English language?

Question #145256. Asked by chabenao1.
Last updated Jan 05 2018.
Originally posted Jan 04 2018 6:00 PM.

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According to Wikipedia there are 14 different types of ambigrams and ambigrams can be known by at least three different names (e.g., vertical palindromes, inversions, designatures). The generation of ambigrams are typically dependent on the graphic nature of how the word is depicted. For instance, Wikipedia offers an example of an ambigram of "upsidedown", which still reads as "upsidedown" when inverted. Due to the ability to manipulate the appearance of letters graphically to achieve ambigrams a palindromic word or phrase (e.g., noon, "Madam I'm Adam") is not always required for the effect. Therefore, the number of ambigrams is virtually limitless due the graphic mutability of letters.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigram

Response last updated by DR.NO on Jan 04 2018.
Jan 04 2018, 6:30 PM
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There are many possibilities, which can depend on the style of letters used, but some straightforward examples (using typical typefaces) besides SWIMS include OHO, nu (Greek letter), NOON, pod, suns, and MOW, all of which I made up just now. The numerals 0,1,6,8, and 9 can also be used this way.

Jan 05 2018, 3:57 PM
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