   Grammatical question to native englishspeaking people
  Don''t ask why I wonder this, cause that is irrelevant.If you were supposed to read the phrase ''Operating System'' reversed (interpret "reversed" in a way that feels natural), what result would you get? 
  System operating was the first thing I thought of... ;  What word should i use instead of "reversed" if my intention was to get the result ''metsyS gnitarepO''? ;  spelled backwards? ;  *nod*System OperatingAs in it is working. ;  ''Non-operating system''?I''d say that ''metsyS gnitarepO'' was transposed, but reversed is a valid term for it too IMO. ;quote:Original post by Enselic  What word should i use instead of "reversed" if my intention was to get the result ''metsyS gnitarepO''?   "spelled backwards" is the best phrase. ;  "Spelt backwards," please.  ;  Since you asked about the reversal of a *phrase* i would naturally think "system operating". if your post had been...If you were supposed to read ''Operating System'' reversed (interpret "reversed" in a way that feels natural), what result would you get? ...I would probably reverse meaning or spelling. hard to say which in retrospect. ;  If you read ''Keyboard Crash'' backwards (interpert "backwards" in a way that feels natural), you get ''hsarC draobyeK''? 