How to Speak Pig Latin
It was fun to annoy your friends and family by speaking pig latin when you were eight, and it still is! Use it in your e-mail messages to your boss or in your credit card applications - if you dare.
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Instructions
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If a word begins with one or more consonants, move the consonant or consonant cluster to the end of the word.
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Add the letters "ay" to the end of the word. So "pig" would be "igpay," "porker" would be "orkerpay," and "swine" would be "inesway."
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Simply add the letters "ay" to the end of the word if it begins with a vowel. Thus "animal" becomes "animal-ay."
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Tips & Warnings
A pig latinism is a pair of words, one in English and the other its pig latin translation, in which the pig latin translation has a meaning in English. Examples are "trash" and "ashtray," as well as "beast" and "East Bay."
The language varies regionally, so don't be surprised if you hear "way," "hay," or even "yay" tacked onto the end of a word, especially if the word in question begins with a vowel. Thus "oink" could be "oink-way," "oink-hay," or "oink-yay."
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if the word starts with a vowel you add a "way" not ay.
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OOOOOOOOOOO-nay !!!!!
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Can I get this on Rosetta Stone?
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OMG pig latin is soooo fun absolutely
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Sounique
Dec 17, 2008
You laid it all out and I'm still confused! (LOL) Great article! I will have to practice.
