Trying to find a definition

Posted by James Briggs on November 05, 2000

In Reply to: Trying to find a definition posted by Brigitte Engelfried on November 05, 2000

: Hello!
: Chesterton's 'The Oracle of the Dog' begins this way:
: "Yes," said Father brown, "I always like a dog, so long as he isn't spelt backwards."
: Is 'to be spelt backwards' and idiom?
: Thank you very much
: Brigitte

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