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In the year 1245, colonies of pigs were discovered in the outlying areas of the Holy Roman Empire who still spoke Latin. Naturally they were considered a Holy Roman delicacy. Pig Latin only survives today in rudimentary forms, eg “igPay atinLay”.
In 1965 Kellogg’s used Pig Latin to promote its mysterious new cereal: Crispy and elicious-day / For breakfast and for acking-snay / Made with real fruit avor-flay / uit-Fray oops-Lay.
I taught my niece (about 8-yo) and her friend Pig Latin on a long drive. They had fun with it a bit, and then she suddenly made the connection with the “Monsters, Inc.” movie, where the Mike the one-eyed monster said something like, “Ide-hay the id-kay”. Now she got the line. But how many times had she watched it to even remember that?
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
And I thought Pig Latin was dead language used only by people in the bacon industry.
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen over 6 years ago
You can’t buy an education like that just anywhere.
DennisinSeattle over 6 years ago
In the year 1245, colonies of pigs were discovered in the outlying areas of the Holy Roman Empire who still spoke Latin. Naturally they were considered a Holy Roman delicacy. Pig Latin only survives today in rudimentary forms, eg “igPay atinLay”.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 6 years ago
Fluent, effortless Pig Latin is not easy to speak or to understand at a normal conversational pace.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 6 years ago
I hope Alex still retains this ability today.
Watcher over 6 years ago
Zonker, you can file for unemployment.
DennisinSeattle over 6 years ago
If you think Pig Latin is hard, try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0niyTcxeqs
parkerinthehouse over 6 years ago
I wanted to see the upshot of the evious-pray ituation-say!
WDD over 6 years ago
In 1965 Kellogg’s used Pig Latin to promote its mysterious new cereal: Crispy and elicious-day / For breakfast and for acking-snay / Made with real fruit avor-flay / uit-Fray oops-Lay.
steverinoCT over 6 years ago
I taught my niece (about 8-yo) and her friend Pig Latin on a long drive. They had fun with it a bit, and then she suddenly made the connection with the “Monsters, Inc.” movie, where the Mike the one-eyed monster said something like, “Ide-hay the id-kay”. Now she got the line. But how many times had she watched it to even remember that?