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2 unusual facts about Phonetic palindrome


Phonetic palindrome

A rare known palindrome in which a recorded phrase of speech sounds the same when it is played backwards was discovered by the composer John Oswald in 1974 while he was working on audio tape versions of the cut-up technique using recorded readings by William S. Burroughs.

The Beatles song "Hello, Goodbye" has a phonetic palindrome.



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