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pdurrant · 08-14-2020, 10:58 AM

Pig Latin (for anyone who's not come across the term before) is a way of obfuscating speech by taking the first consonant(s) of a word, moving them to the end, and adding 'ay'. (and a few other rules for words stating with a vowel.) It's mostly only used as a spoken language, but it can be written down.

Osay isthay isyay inway igpay atinlay

The interesting thing is that there are some English words, which when transformed into Pig Latin, form another English word.

I know one. Thanks to a mention on the podcast Penn's Sunday School.

Trash -> ashtray

Atwhay otherway ancay ouyay indfay?
(What others can you find?)

08-14-2020, 10:58 AM	#1
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,069 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Words that form real words in Pig Latin Pig Latin (for anyone who's not come across the term before) is a way of obfuscating speech by taking the first consonant(s) of a word, moving them to the end, and adding 'ay'. (and a few other rules for words stating with a vowel.) It's mostly only used as a spoken language, but it can be written down. Osay isthay isyay inway igpay atinlay The interesting thing is that there are some English words, which when transformed into Pig Latin, form another English word. I know one. Thanks to a mention on the podcast Penn's Sunday School. Trash -> ashtray Atwhay otherway ancay ouyay indfay? (What others can you find?)