October 13, 2005
B-Language
I got home two nights ago, after working overtime at the office, and everyone in the house was speaking B-Language. Do people do something similar where you live?
B-Language is an artificial language, more like Pig Latin than Esperanto. Like Pig Latin, only harder. It is spoken by inserting a "B" into every syllable.
"Good morning" becomes "goobood mobornibing."
"Hello" becomes "hebellobo."
At least I think so. I thought understanding it was hard, until I tried speaking it, which is even worse. It really gives your brain a workout.
My wife and two daughters were having entire conversations in B-Language, pausing now and then to laugh, and laugh. I kept up with them for a short time, but had to carefully plan everything I said and eventually gave up and webent tobo bebed.
Posted by Mig at October 13, 2005 07:07 AMBack in Sweden, we had this language when we were kids called the pirate language (rövarspråket for Swedish speakers). Every vowel is doubled and an "o" is inserted in between, so my name would be Poperorory and yours would be Momigog. Itot wowasos fofunon when I was a kid. Now I just get a headache trying to keep up wth my sister's kids when we visit back home.
Posted by: Perry at October 13, 2005 09:23 AMWell, consonant, actually. The doubled thingy, I mean.
Posted by: Perry at October 13, 2005 09:36 AMubby dubby language. from ZOOM!
Posted by: anne at October 13, 2005 10:03 AMI didn't want to mention Zoom! It's comforting to see that someone else already did. When I was young (moments ago)we had AP language-each consonant is followed with an AP and vowel are pronounced. Mig being Mig Map-I-Gap It took entirely too long but my favoritething to say was my full name, Map a Tap Tap Hap e Wap.
Posted by: Matt at October 13, 2005 09:38 PMover in singapore we had what we called (unfortunately, in today's more PC times) "F language". =) same principle - we insert the F in front of each syllable.
Posted by: a l at October 19, 2005 07:21 AMyeah i'm from malaysia and i've experienced some of my friends back during school days using something like the b-language except they add 'fu' in front of everything instead of the letter b.. kinda annoying actually coz i really couldn't get what they were saying..
maybe to some ppl it comes naturally??
Posted by: h4f3z at November 4, 2005 10:49 PMWhen I was a kid, I had a Swedish au pair who had lived in ths States for years. She taught us B language. Not sure where she learned it, but she was able to speak English with no accent, and B language fluently! I can still do it, sort of ...
Posted by: Oscar at November 19, 2005 02:58 AMLast night, me an my gurl friend were in her room, and i was kinda huffin wif her. her sister then came into the room and they started speaking (in b language) and i didnt no wat language they were speak i thought it was african as they are african, but it turns out it was the B language, so my gurl taught me it last nite and it is gud shit
they can speak it very fast, i have to say mine slowly so i can think, but am sure i will become quicker
ibe hobpe sbo - i hope so