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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread igpay atinlay #186077 07/26/2009 5:40 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada did anyone use other code languages as kids? If so what were they called and what were the rules? My mom knew one where p's were inserted into words. (I don't remember much more except that it was more complex than Pig Latin and she's asleep so I'll have to wait.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter What did you say? Zed #186083 07/26/2009 12:16 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA For starters: higgledy piggledy: -- insert an unstressed hard "-igg-" sound between syllables (actually more a schwa than a short -i-): wiggOT diggID yiggOO siggAY? never had a name that I know of: -- insert the unstressed syllables "-ithigg-" (soft -th as in leather; unstressed): withiGOTT ditheGID yitheGOO sitheGAY? Ubby-dubby, from ZOOM! (sometimes written Ubbi Dubbi) -- insert an unstressed -ibb- between syllables: wubbAT dubbID yubbOO subbAY? Variants I played with with my kids involved making the insertions stressed, instead of unstressed - a different task to unscramble, as it alters the "shape" of the words: wUBBat dUBBid yUBBoo sUBBay? etc. I suspect the names were highly variable, the actual codes much less so. Last edited by wofahulicodoc; 07/26/2009 12:21 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What did you say? wofahulicodoc #186086 07/26/2009 3:57 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc never had a name that I know of: -- insert the unstressed syllables "-ithigg-" (soft -th as in leather; unstressed): withiGOTT ditheGID yitheGOO sitheGAY? Good thing you gave an example of what you meant by soft -th. The voiced versions always sound harder to me than the unvoiced versions. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What did you say? Faldage #186087 07/26/2009 4:12 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Aren't they independent variables? "This" and ""throw" are both unvoiced THs, no? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What did you say? wofahulicodoc #186098 07/26/2009 9:49 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 This is voiced, throw unvoiced. Feel your throat while saying them. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: igpay atinlay Zed #186108 07/27/2009 3:03 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Yes, but I can't remember if we called it ofa or whether I'm confusing it with wofa's name! Anyway, it was just like his higgledy-piggledy but with f's: where his is wiggOT diggID yiggOO siggAY?, ours was whaFOT diFID yuhFOO suhFAY? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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