Pig Latin
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Pig Latin is an language code or game and is most often used by children who speak English.
The usual rules are:
- For words that begin with consonant sounds, move all the consonant sounds to the end of the word and add "ay."
- For words that begin with vowel sounds, simply add "way" to the end of the word.
In Pig Latin, this sentence :
- Is-thay is-way an-way example-way of-way Ig-pay Atin-lay. As-way ou-yay an-cay ee-say, its-way illy-say, ut-bay ots-lay of-way un-fay or-fay ildren-chay.
comes to mean:
- This is an example of pig Latin. As you can see, its silly, but lots of fun for children.
The British name for Pig Latin is "backslang".
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