Everything you always wanted to know about Pig Latin but were afraid to ask.'Oday ouya easkspay Igpay Atlinay'? Thousands of people all over the world do--speak Pig Latin pig Latin n. A jargon systematically formed by the transposition of the initial consonant to the end of the word and the suffixation of an additional syllable, as igpay atinlay for pig Latin. , that is. Pig Latin is a constructed or "play," language that has been popular for years among children--and adults. It's generally used as a secret language in an effort to hide the actual message being relayed from anyone not in the know. Children use it to communicate in their own private language and many adults, who once spoke Pig Latin as children, revert to it when they want to discuss something in front of their offspring that they don't want them to understand. The Oxford English Dictionary Oxford English Dictionary (OED) great multi-volume historical dictionary of English. [Br. Hist.: Caught in the Web of Words] See : Lexicography defines Pig Latin as "an invented language formed by systematic distortion of the source language." As in most constructed languages the basis of Pig Latin is formed by transposing the letter order of a word and adding a meaningless syllable. When translating words that begin with a consonant, the first letter is dropped and an "ay" is added at the end: the word frog becomes ogfray, good becomes oodgay, and so on. Words that begin with a vowel vowel Speech sound in which air from the lungs passes through the mouth with minimal obstruction and without audible friction, like the i in fit. The word also refers to a letter representing such a sound (a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y). are transformed by adding "way" to the end and out translates into outway. There is an infinite variety of play or "little" languages, but Pig Latin is considered the most popular and is in general use, in one form or another, throughout the world. Some of the other common "little" languages include "oppish," "eggy peggy" and "ong." "Oppish" appears to be the most complex of the three languages as "op" is added after each consonant in a word, making a simple word such as umbrella into a tongue-twisting umopbopropeloplopa. "Eggy peggy" requires inserting "egg" at the beginning of a word: Well become weggell, and this changes into theggis. In "ong" you just add "ong" after every syllable. But how and when did the whole Pig Latin craze get started? There are many theories about its origins, but no one seems to have a definitive answer. Some scholars speculate that this form of constructed language has been around since the First World War, or even earlier, under a variety of names, including Dog Latin barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy. barbarous Latin; a jargon in imitation of Latin; as, the log Latin of schoolboys s>. See also: Dog Latin and Hog Latin. The Cat's Elbow cat's elbow Lichen planus actinicus Dermatology A type of lichen planus, seen in the Middle East, on sun-exposed parts, especially the face Clinical Annular lesions with pigmented centers, centrally thinned epidermis, well-demarcated pale, raised margins and Other Secret Languages (Alvin Schwartz, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1985) cites the play language as "so easy to learn even a pig could learn it, hence: Pig Latin." One humorous, and anonymous, web site description credits the origins of Pig Latin to have been: "discovered by a hunter in the Amazon jungle. He was wounded by a poisonous snake. Almost dead, a tribe of pigmy warriors found him and nurtured him back to health. But the hunter was not ready to go back to civilization: he stayed and worked and learned how to live in peace with animals. During his five years with the pigmy tribe he learned to speak their language. He went back to the States and, by habit, started talking the pigme (sic) language." However obscure its origin, documented references to the use of Pig Latin in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. date back as early as the 1920s. Author Raymond Chandler Noun 1. Raymond Chandler - United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959) Chandler, Raymond Thornton Chandler is credited with the first use of the term in written form in a 1937 edition of Dime Detective Magazine, where he has one of his characters announcing "Don't give me any of that pig Latin." In 1956 author Beverly Cleary referred to Pig Latin in a story in Fifteen magazine. Over the years, more and more references cropped up: World War II musician/comedian Spike Jones included a Pig Latin version of "Jingle Bells Jingle Bells yuletide song composed by J. S. Pierpont. [Pop. Music: Van Doren, 200] See : Christmas " on one of his Christmas albums and U.S. political hopeful Peter Vallone gave his Democratic acceptance nomination speech in Pig Latin in 1998. Pig Latin has also contributed more words to general slang than all other "little" languages combined. Who could forget Fred Flintstone's admonition Any formal verbal statement made during a trial by a judge to advise and caution the jury on their duty as jurors, on the admissibility or nonadmissibility of evidence, or on the purpose for which any evidence admitted may be considered by them. to his friend Barney Bubble to "ixnay, Barney, ixnay," in other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , "nix, Barney, nix Barney!" or "Keep your mouth shut, Barney!" No matter where, or how, it started, Pig Latin appears to be here to stay, particularly on the Internet. There are literally dozens of web sites that will instantly translate any text into Pig Latin with a single click, and entire web pages can be likewise converted. Or, you can do a web-based search in Pig Latin, if you choose. You can also hear synthesized voice translations, read the Bible or Book of Genesis Noun 1. Book of Genesis - the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers Genesis , peruse pe·ruse tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es To read or examine, typically with great care. [Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- a list of famous left-handed people, enjoy ezine humor or email friends and family, all in Pig Latin. In March 2001 a Canadian company, Pulse Media Network, associated with the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, , Ontario, introduced a software program in Pig Latin that music lovers could use to take advantage of free music downloads. The program was used to disguise the popular Napster web site files by altering the MP3 files of band names so that fans could still download free music after a ban required Napster to pay royalties for the music it had been making freely available. The program was pulled after a week or so, but the company reported more than 100,000 downloads the first morning it was offered. So if you are thinking of learning another language, you might want to consider adding Pig Latin to your repertoire, just for fun. [Melanie Falcon is a freelance writer with more than twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of journalism experience. She lives in Canada and has been fluent in Pig Latin for many years.] 
le van phuong (Member): 4/13/2009 9:38 PM
Well done. it is wonderful! but how is pig latin used in literature books? |
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