iBilib: Where did Ambigrams come from?

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00:00Shira, Mik-Mik, my believers,

00:02tingnan niyo ito mabuti.

00:04Anong nakasulat?

00:07Parang Shira yung nakasulat dyan.

00:09Oo, ano?

00:10Pangalan ko.

00:11Shira, Shira.

00:12Mik-Mik, ano nakasulat?

00:14Ano nakikita mo?

00:15Parang Shira, no?

00:16Shira.

00:17Okay, tama, tama, tama.

00:19Okay, ngayon naman.

00:21Anong nakasulat?

00:24Aba, parang pangalan ko po yan ah.

00:26Mik-Mik.

00:27Oo, Mik-Mik.

00:28Shira, Shira, mik-Mik ba?

00:31Mik-Mik na.

00:32Ibelievers, kita niyo, mik-Mik.

00:34Ang tawag dito ay ambigram.

00:38Ambigram.

00:39At isa lang ito sa mga ginawa ng ipapakaila kong author sa inyo.

00:43Alright?

00:44Kilalanin natin siya, ha?

00:45Dito sa...

00:46Rethink!

00:48It's time para kilalanin natin ang ating Rethinker for today, Ibelievers.

00:53Woohoo!

00:54Sila yung isa sa mga nagpauso ng mga sikat at nakakagulat na tricks

00:58at illusions.

00:59Peter Newell, isa ng modern-day re-thinkers.

01:02Isa siyang American artist, illustrator at writer.

01:05Ipinanganak siya noong March 5, 1862 at nakatira noon sa McDonough County, doon sa Illinois.

01:12Noong 1880s hanggang 1890s, nagtrabaho siya bilang illustrator at writer.

01:17Sumikat siya dahil sa kanyang nakakatahong drawing at mga tula na lumabas sa maraming publications noon.

01:23Ilan sa mga yun ay ang Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, Scribner's Magazine at marami pang iba.

01:301893, nang simula ni Newell yung children's book niya na Top Seas Service.

01:35Sumikat ang children's book na ito dahil meron itong pictures na may kasamang tula na pwedeng basahin kahit nakabaliktad yung

01:42libro.

01:43Dito rin makikita ang mga unang examples ng ambigram, mga words na kahit balikta rin mo ay may nababasa pa

01:50rin yung salita.

01:51Pwedeng same word o pwedeng iba.

01:531908 nang ipublish ni Newell ang The Whole Book.

01:57Literal na may butas yung gitna ng libro at yung butas na yun parte ng illustration.

02:02Bawat page merong butas.

02:041910 naman nang gawin niyan ang The Slant Book.

02:08Hugis rhomboid yung libro na yun.

02:10Kakaiba!

02:11Dahil doon, naka-illusion na may inclined plane sa bawat page ng libro na tungkol sa stroller na gumugulong pababa

02:19ng burol.

02:20I'm...

02:21I'm...

02:22I'm...

02:23I'm...

02:29I'm...

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