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I can speak Egg Language (put egg before every vowel: my name would be Reggobbeggie Leggumsdeggen) and frequently use it(my dear friend can speak it as well) as a pleasing means of talking about people while sitting with them (also just for making people think we're talking about them). i was just interested to see if it has any currency beyond the west central scotland region....

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Never heard of it. Was this thread triggered because we were talking about Pig Latin yesterday?

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Is indeed a hoot to indulge in - I assumed this was known outside Scotland

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I've never really met anyone who can speak it. my parents used it to talk about grown up things infront of children when we were wee (like seggantegga cleggaus). then we all learned it. it is fun to see people looking so confused when you speak it.

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

on the pig latin front: the start of "The Gold Digger's of 1933" when Ginger Roger's sings "We're in the money" in Pig Latin, with an extreme close up. One of the weirdest pieces of cinema evah.

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Friday, 21 May 2004 09:27 (twenty-two years ago)

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