- [having breakfast]
- Herman Koller: [to break silence] Marta... Is it spelled with "h"?
- Marta Acuña: No, with no "h".
- Herman Koller: Sure, otherwise it'd be "Martha".
- [They briefly laugh]
- Herman Koller: And your last name?
- Marta Acuña: Acuña... with no "h".
- Herman Koller: [giggles] Ok. "Martha Hacuña".
- Marta Acuña: Namreh Rellok.
- Herman Koller: Come again?
- Marta Acuña: Your name spelled backwards. Herman Köller.
- Herman Koller: How is that?
- Marta Acuña: Namreh Rellok.
- Herman Koller: Huh! That's great. Say something else.
- Marta Acuña: Like what?
- Herman Koller: Um..."Hello, how are you?".
- Marta Acuña: Olleh, woh era ouy?
- Herman Koller: [laughs] That's great. Say "the sea is choppy".
- Marta Acuña: Eht aes si yppohc.
- [both laugh]
- Herman Koller: "The girl plays with the dog".
- Marta Acuña: Eht lrig syalp tihw eht god.
- Herman Koller: "The wind swings the palm tree".
- Marta Acuña: Eht dniw sgniws eht mlap eert.
- Herman Koller: That's great. How do you do it?
- Marta Acuña: I don't know. When I was little I'd get bored and read words backwards. I'd listen to conversations and spell them backwards.
- Herman Koller: [looks at Jacobo walking towards them] "Jacobo is upset".
- Marta Acuña: Obocaj si tespu.
- [both laugh]