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This page shows the Four Essential Travel Phrases using various language games where spoken words are changed to make them incomprehensible to the untrained ear.
The most common English "secret language" is Pig Latin, but there are hundreds of others in English and other languages.
| English games shown below: |
Arpy Darpy,
Double Dutch,
Gibberish,
Obby Dobby,
Opish,
Pig Elvish,
Pig Latin,
and
Ubbi Dubbi
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| Games on other pages: | German games: B-sprache and Löffelsprache; Spanish game: Jerigonza; Swedish game: Rövarspråk |
Normal English, for reference:
1) Where is my room?
2) Where is the beach?
3) Where is the bar?
4) Don't touch me there!
Arpy Darpy
Arpy Darpy is a language game that works on the same principle as Ubbi Dubbi and is spoken in Australia and New Zealand.
1) Wharpere arpis marpy rarpoom?More information at Wikipedia
Double Dutch (the English language game, not actual Dutch)More information at Wikipedia
Double Dutch is also called Tutnese
Gibberish
Gibberish is a language game spoken in the US and has several variations.
"Arraga" variation: |
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"Idig" variation: |
| 1) Wherregere irrigis myerryeguy roorroogoom? | |
1) Whidigere idigis midigy ridigoom? |
| 2) Wherregere irrigis therrege bearreageach? | |
2) Whidigere idigis thidige bidigeach? |
| 3) Wherregere irrigis therrege barragar? | |
3) Whidigere idigis thidige bidigar? |
| 4) Dorrogon't tourrougouch merrege therregere! | |
4) Didigon't tidigouch midige thidigere! |
"Itherg" variation: |
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"Itug" variation: |
| 1) Whithergere ithergis mithergy rithergoom? | |
1) Whitugere itugis mitugy ritugoom? |
| 2) Whithergere ithergis thitherge bithergeach? | |
2) Whitugere itugis thituge bitugeach? |
| 3) Whithergere ithergis thitherge bithergar? | |
3) Whitugere itugis thituge bitugar? |
| 4) Dithergon't tithergouch mitherge thithergere! | |
4) Ditugon't titugouch mituge thitugere! |
More information at Wikipedia
Gibberish is also called Jibberish
Obby Dobby
Obby Dobby is a language game that works on the same principle as Ubbi Dubbi and is spoken in most English-speaking countries.
1) Whobere obis moby roboom?More information at Wikipedia
Obby Dobby is also called Pig Greek
OpishMore information at Wikipedia
Alternate names for Opish include Op and Openglopish
Pig Elvish (the English language game, not actual Elvish)
Pig Elvish encodes English using an orthography similar to Tolkien's Quenya and Sindarin languages.
1st variation: |
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2nd variation: |
| 1) Herewí sïen ymen óomró? | |
1) Herewó sïen ymen óomrú? |
| 2) Hérewá síén héten ëáchbë? | |
2) Hérewa sién héten éáchbí? |
| 3) Herewä síen héten arben? | |
3) Hërewé siën heten árbén? |
| 4) Ónden'ten óúchtë emen héretï! | 4) Onden'tén óuchtë emen hëretë! |
Pig Latin (the English language game, not actual Latin)More information at Wikipedia
English to Pig Latin translator
Alternate names for Pig Latin include igpay atinlay and backslang
Ubbi Dubbi
Ubbi Dubbi is a language game that was used on the 1970s children's TV shows Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and ZOOM,
although Ubbi Dubbi was spoken in the US years before those shows were created.
More information at Wikipedia
Alternate names for Ubbi Dubbi include Pig Greek and Obenglobish
Additional general information on language games
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| The four essential travel phrases in English: 1) Where is my room? 2) Where is the beach? 3) Where is the bar? 4) Don't touch me there! |
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