Gibberish (language game)
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| Gibberish (Githergibithergerithergish) | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | United States |
| Region: | - |
| Classification: | Gibberish |
| Spoken with: | English |
| See also: Language games | |
Gibberish is a language game spoken in the United States with English. It is also a group of language games which all work in the same way.
Function
There are at least four different "dialects", or variations, of Gibberish. The dialect using -itherg- is known as "Jibberish," the dialects using -itug- and -idig- are known as "Gibberish" (pronounced with a hard G), and the dialects using -atheg- (th in then and the two vowels are pronounced with a schwa) and -adeg- is known as "Gibberish" (with a J sound like jar).
\"Itherg\" dialect
This "dialect" of Gibberish is spoken by adding the infix -itherg- to each syllable after the onset. Example:
- dog → dithergog
- cat → kithergat
- flower → fitherglowitherger
- creek → kithergreek
- all → athergall
- eat → eathergeat
\"Itug\" dialect
This dialect works the same way as the previous one. Presumably, the rule for syllables beginning with vowels applies as well. Examples:
- dog → ditugog
- flower → fituglowituger
- all → atugall
\"Idig\" dialect
This dialect works the same way as the previous ones. Examples:
- flower → fidiglowidiger
\"Atheg\" dialect
This dialect works in much the same way most other dialects do, with three main differences.
1.) When the onset of the syllable contains more than one consonant, those consonants stay together.
- flower → flathegowatheger
- creek → crathegeek
- all → athegall
- eat → athegeat
- if → ithegif
- it → ithegit
- understand → athegundathegerstathegand
- subject → sathegubjathegect
Writing "Atheg" Gibberish can be done in a number of ways. Because all consonants retain their sounds, the word Gibberish can be written Gathegibbathegerathegish or sometimes it can be written Giatheghibbathegheratheghish to show that the first G is pronounced like a J and the following Gs are pronounced as in get. Writing really depends on the preferences of the writer and those with whom they are trying to communicate.
Gibberish family
"Gibberish" is also used to refer to all language games created by inserting a certain infix before the vowel in every syllable. For example, if the code infix were "ob", then "Hello, Thomas" would be translated as "Hobellobo, Thobomobas". While a relatively simple code, this can be difficult to understand when spoken swiftly and sounds merely like meaningless babble, which is how it received its name. While any syllables could theoretically be used as code syllables, there are some which have risen to greater use. These include:
- Ubbi dubbi – "ub"
- Double Dutch – "ag"
- Opish – "op"
- Doubletalk – "ez"
- Jibberish – "itherg"
- Gibberish (pronounced with a hard 'G') – "itug" or "idig"
Another variation consists in the code syllable not having a specific vowel, but repeating the vowel of the syllable it is inserted in. This variation is common in Switzerland, where the inserted syllable thus could be "VnVf", where V denotes the original vowel, e.g. "Hallo, Chrige" would be translated into Hanafallonofo, Chrinifigenefe. These language games could be classified as being in the Double Talk family. Similarly, "lalafa" replaces each occurrence of a vowel with "VləfV."
Combining (or double-encoding) forms of Gibberish, or by further encoding with other languages games such as Pig Latin and Tutnese can result in increasingly hard to decipher (and pronounce) words. For instance, combining Pig Latin, Hard Gibberish and Openglopish might result in a phrase idigopidigatthidigopidigay idigopidigoundsidigopidigay idigopidigikelidigopidigay idigopidigisthidigopidigay ('that sounds like this').
References
- "Learn to speak Gibberish." Internet:
See also
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