> |
> | do people say "ingthay" or "hingtay
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> Normally, ingthay.
>
Actually, it seems either can be correct, depending on the dialect or
region.
Gee, guys... I wuz just joking with the Pig Latin, but evidently those are
those who take the language serious. For example, here's a guy who's
translated the entire Bible into Pig Latin:
http://www.well.com/user/earl/Ible-bay.html.
Peter Vallone gave an entire presidential nomination speech in Pig Latin at
http://hellskitchen.net/develop/vallone/stuff/speech.html.
Rick McCallister at http://www.muw.edu/~rmccalli/SpIgpayAtinlay.html makes a
case that Pig Latin is the most widely spoken language in the world (all
kids do it in some form). He gives these rules and variances:
"As you remember
US Pig Latin is formed
by moving the
initial consonant or consonant cluster
to the end of the word
and adding -ay
"When the word in question
begins with a vowel
dialect differences arise
"Depending on the region
you add -hay, -way, -yay or just plain -ay
"Regional differences in US Pig Latin
English I speak Pig Latin.
Antediluvian I-ay eak-spay Ig-pay Atin-lay.
Paleologic I-hay eak-spay Ig-pay Atin-lay.
Precambrian I-way eak-spay Ig-pay Atin-lay.
Xenophonic I-yay eak-spay Ig-pay Atin-lay."
And I find now that there are various dialects; some hyphenated, some not.
I stand abashed for not taking Pig Latin seriously with my little REBOL
script and issue the following apology to Pig Latinists everywhere:
I can only, with abject sincerity, apologize and the unintentional mangling
of the great and melodiously soaring tenets of Pig Latin that my rudimentary
REBOL scipt may have trangressed. I will honestly and fervantly strive to do
better in the future, modifying my REBOL script to more closely reflect the
syntax of this great language.
or
Enterway ethay Englishway exttay erehay atthay ouyay antway anslatedtray
intoway Igpay Atinlay. Isthay isway accomplishedway iavay isthay HTMLAY
ocumentday andway accompanyingway AvaScriptjay ogrampray. Otenay atthay
yphenatedhay ordsway
areway eatedtray asway otway ordsway. Ordsway aymay onsistcay ofway
alphabeticway aracterschay onlyway (Away-ZAY andway away-zay). Allway
unctuationpay, umeralsnay, ymbolssay andway itespacewhay areway otnay
odifiedmay.
Howay newkay?
Best,
--Ralph Roberts
