{"id":7243,"date":"2015-08-09T15:44:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T15:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2015-08-09T15:44:36","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T15:44:36","slug":"backwards-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/backwards-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"This Teenager Can Talk Backwards, And It&#8217;s Weirdly Impressive!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my God! What on earth is she saying? Has she been possessed by the devil!? Or perhaps she&#8217;s a witch! Burn her at the stake&#8230; Oh hang on, she&#8217;s talking backwards. Apparently that&#8217;s a thing.<\/p>\n<p>Meet 17 year old Alyssa Kramer. Back in 2012, Alyssa who hails from <span id=\"ext-gen100\">from Poteau, Oklahoma<\/span>, appeared on The Today Show after a video of her repeating words <span id=\"ext-gen101\">from &#8216;air conditioning&#8217; to &#8216;Lamborghini&#8217;<\/span> backwards to her friends went <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/tire-retreading\/\">viral<\/a>. She has the unique skill of being able to talk backwards. As you can see from the video, she is able to recite backwards a whole range of words thrown at her.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst it might not be the most useful skill in the world, it&#8217;s still incredibly impressive. Lrig revelc!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Backwards talking girl Alyssa on the Today Show 2\/1\/12\" width=\"801\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4VQFvXkz-oQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my God! What on earth is she saying? Has she been possessed by the devil!? Or perhaps she&#8217;s a witch! Burn her at the stake&#8230; Oh hang on, she&#8217;s talking backwards. Apparently that&#8217;s a thing. Meet 17 year old Alyssa Kramer. 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