Pig Latin
Pig Latin is a form of coded language which used to be very commonly used. Words beginning in certain letters are manipulated to hold a different word form, and the letters are muddled around.
Pig Latin originated when the African American's wanted to communicate with each other without their white oppressors realising. It was an effective way to understand each other and feel like they were in a community, all being victimized by the white oppressors in American history.
Pig Latin originated when the African American's wanted to communicate with each other without their white oppressors realising. It was an effective way to understand each other and feel like they were in a community, all being victimized by the white oppressors in American history.
If you have a word with a consonant to start, these letters will be moved to the end, and added to the suffix '-ay'. For example, the common noun 'party' begins with the consonant 'p'. The 'p' would be taken from the beginning of the word and joined to the end of the word, then adding '-ay' after it. Therefore, the word would become 'arty-pay'. The consonant has been removed to the end of the word. Pig Latin also applies to words beginning with consonant clusters. For example the word 'switch' begins with the consonant cluster of 'sw'. So, these letters will move to the end of the word, and are followed by the suffix '-ay', just as before. 'Switch' would therefore become 'itch-sway'.
When applied to words beginning with vowels, '-yay' or '-way' in some cases are added to the end of a word. The beginning of the word is not changed, therefore, with a word such as 'incident', it would literally become 'incident-yay'.
For words containing the letter 'Y', the rules apply slightly differently. For words that begin with the letter 'Y', this means that it's a consonant starting word, so the letter moves to the end and is added to the suffix of '-ay'. For example, the colour 'yellow' would be changed to 'ellow-yay' in Pig Latin.
For words that include the letter 'y' at the end of the consonant cluster, it's treated just like a vowel and is kept at the start of the word when the consonants move to the end. For example, 'rhythm' would change to 'ythm-rhay'.
Finally, dealing with compound words means splitting the words up in two, making it easier to use Pig Latin with them. For example, the word 'bedroom' would split into 'bed room'. Therefore, the Pig Latin form would be 'ed-bay oom-ray'.
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