The Beatles Bible - Topic: Pig Latin

minime on Pig Latin

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:41:35 +0000

Hmm... I wonder if Pig Latin is related to "Pig German" in Finnish? Just that in Pig German, there are no rules which means... No message.

Ethay Estay I adhay odtay asway orriblehay, utbay it'say omincay etterbay allay ethay imetay owtay atthay ymay olidayhay ashay egunbay. Errymay Istmaschray everyoneay

unknown on Pig Latin

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:31:52 +0000

I can speak pig latin, but I don't like it because it takes too much time to think about what I'm supposed to say, and then I end up sounding stupid when I talk. It's easier to understand other people speak it than it is for me to attempt to speak it.

Egroeg Evoli on Pig Latin

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:34:50 +0000

The good thing is, that doesn't matter much for Revolution 9!

Funny Paper on Pig Latin

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:31:29 +0000

Wow, you really are fluent! I wouldn't have the patience to even do half of that. The more I think about it, the less it seems that a song's lyrics is amenable to the translation -- only certain phrases or lines maybe that generate something funny; but for the most part that doubling up of syllables tends to ruin the melodic rhythm & meter.

Egroeg Evoli on Pig Latin

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:07:06 +0000

@Funny Paper:

Good idea!

Here's one:

Umber-nay ine-nay, umber-nay ine-nay, umber-nay ine-nay... (etc.)

En-thay ere's-thay is-thay Elsh-way Arebit-ray earing-way ome-say own-bray underpants-ay
...About-ay e-thay ortage-shay of-ay ain-gray in-ay Ertfordshire-hay
Everyone-ay of-ay em-thay ew-knay at-thay as-ay ime-tay ent-way y-bay ey'd-thay
Et-gay a-ay ittle-lay it-bay older-ay and-ay a-ay ittle-lay it-bay ower-slay ut-bay...
It's-ay all-ay e-thay ame-say ing-thay, in-ay is-thay ase-cay anufactured-may y-bay
Omeone-say o's-whay always-ay umpteen-ay (...)
Our-yay ather's-fay iving-gay it-ay iddly-day i-ay ee-day istrict-day as-way eaving-lay...
Intended-ay o-tay ie-day (...) Ottoman-ay...
(...)...Ong-lay one-gay ough-thray...(...)
I've-ay ot-gay o-tay ay-say irritably-ay and-ay...
(...) Oors-flay, ard-hay enough-ay o-tay ut-pay on-ay (...) Er-pay ay's-day in-ay our-ay ...

Funny Paper on Pig Latin

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:23:31 +0000

Since Pig Latin adds extra syllables, it might take a little "cheating" to translate a Beatles song in to (not cheating with the rules of Pig Latin, but with the lyrics themselves).

The inherent "yay" possibility that crops up in Pig Latin felicitously helps with one particular song:

Ee-shay oves-lay oo-yay, oo-yay, oo

Ee-shay oves-lay oo-yay, oo-yay, oo!

Otherwise, one can just try to double up the speed of singing to fit in the extra syllables.

ELP-HAY! I-ay eed-nay omebody-say!

ELP-HAY! Ot-nay nybody-ay!

ELP-HAY! Oo-yay ow-knay eed-nay omeone-say!

ELLLLLLLLLP-HAY!

And finally, most appropriately:

Everywhere-ay ere's-thay ots-lay iggies-pay
Iving-lay iggy-pay ives-lay
Oo-yay an-cay ee-say em-thay out-ay or-fay inner-day
...

Egroeg Evoli on Pig Latin

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 04:46:02 +0000

Ianopay isay ymay iddlemay amenay.

Ingingsay isay ymay econdsay iddlemay amenay.

EDSLocklear on Pig Latin

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 04:19:26 +0000

Ohhhh, now I get it. By the way, Uitargay isway YMAY iddlemay amenay.

Egroeg Evoli on Pig Latin

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 03:46:20 +0000

Recently, I was having a conversation about Pig Latin with Funny Paper, and I started thinking, hey, maybe other people will want to learn/have a conversation about Pig Latin. So, post about Pig Latin on this thread. Maybe you want to learn what Pig Latin is and how it works. Maybe you want to know what your favorite word or phrase or sentence would be in Pig Latin. Try posting something in Pig Latin and see if other people can figure out what it says!

What does this mean?

Ummingdray isay ymay iddlemay amenay.

-Ingoray Arrstay

(Esyay, isthay isay anay actualay otequay.)

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