Re: OFFTOPIC: Qu'est-ce que c'est que "French of hexagon"?

From: Edward Cherlin (cherlin@2cowherd.com)
Date: Wed Nov 18 1998 - 00:56:35 EST


Yebes, Ibi'we heabeard teebeenabagebers flubuebent ibin "Ubi-Dubi" abalsobo.

At 12:50 PM -0800 11/17/98, John Cowan wrote:
>Alain wrote:
>
[snip]
>> Just in case you ask, there is also another dialect (many more exist
>> indeed) these days in Paris: "verlan" is one of them ("verlan" is "envers"
>> [reverse] in verlan [a made up language where you simply reverse syllables
>> of a word -- if you have seen the movie "Les ripoux" [i.e. "les pourris",
>> "the rotten", corrupted policemen], and its sequel, you know what I mean;
>
>English has similar language games.
>English-hay as-hay imilar-say anguage-lay ames-lay.
>Engloperopish hopas sopimopelar lopanguopage gopames.
>
>--
>John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
> You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
> You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
> Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

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