I'm a new member but am popping in here to ask a question because I don't know where else to begin. A Google search brought up nothing...

What does it mean when you see words backwards? I'm in my mid forties, not dyslexic (am pretty good at reading), and this morning I had the strangest experience of seeing a sign on a bus backwards. (the destination sign) I was driving to work, where I pass these buses every day so am very familiar with their signs and how the buses display them. And I glanced up at an oncoming bus and the destination sign appeared backwards. And because I'm so familiar with what these buses say, I thought to myself, "How odd that the sign for the Small Road bus is backwards!"

I looked away at traffic for a moment, then back at the bus, and it was normal (and, the bus was a little closer to me).

Why would I suddenly have that distinct perception that something I was reading was backwards? It came and went so quickly, it seemed to me that something neurological had briefly happened to confuse my brain. But I can't find any information on such a phenomenon. Anyone else ever have this happen?