gibberish

[Baronvhb]

there is a variation of the english language which uses the letter b before a vowel to create a spoken form. my family have used it for years to discuss things infront of the children, i picked it up as i grew older. my family called it gibberish, they were from the north of scotland and i do know of other people who speak and understand it, however it does not seem to be used at all now. does anyone know what i am talking about, and can you speak it?? i don't think it can be written down.

[B00]

sounds intruiging, and though you said you can't write it down.....any chance you can try to give us an example?

[Baronvhb]

oh dear, whbat ibib thbe tbime? would be what is the time, you pronounce all the words the same and all the b's are also spoken. sounds really simple, i was brought up with it but couldn't speak it til i was about 12.

[Baronvhb]

ibib should be ibis (not the bird)

[B00]

Blimey that sounds complicated!

Thanks for the example, sorry I cant help with your orginal Q though.

[ermintrude35]

..my friend from Manchester had a similar one with the word "ickey" added onto the end of every word..

ifickey Iickey hadickey aickey swanickey

..if I had a swan...

[shaneystar]

Do you mean what is called Pig Latin or backslang?

[shaneystar]

Or perhaps I should have phrased that better.
Something like words that begin with consonant sounds,move the sounds to the end of the word and add ay.
For words that begin with a vowel sound add a syllable to end of the word.
Or something like that!
There are various dialects of it .
No doubt QM will be along to explain all in due course!

[Clanad]

For what it's worth, here's Wikipedia's take on the subject;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibberish_(language_game)

[Clanad]

Hmmm... click on other Wikipedia articles and then on any of the first three links...

[twonk]

Anca uoya ekspea ackslangba?

Can you speak banckslang?

[Baronvhb]

thank you for the wikipedia link, my husband now believes that I am not from a family of raving lunatics!!

I am now trying to convince him that I am very clever and am continuing a dying art form!! LOL!!

[123paul]

Does anyone remember Professor Stanley Unwin? Now he was a genuis at spoken gobbledegook (is that how it's spelt?).