Thread: Pig latin

How long has it been since we had a pig latin game here in senseless banter?


Here are the rules.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Latin

The usual rules for changing standard English into Pig Latin are:

For words that begin with consonant sounds, move the initial consonant or consonant cluster to the end of the word and add "ay." Examples:
button → uttonbay
dough → oughday
happy → appyhay
loser → oserlay
question → estionquay
star → arstay
three → eethray
trash → ashtray
For words that begin with vowel sounds (including silent consonants), simply add the syllable "ay" to the end of the word. In some dialects, to aid in pronunciation, an "h," "w" or "d" is added to the suffix; for instance, Eagle could be eagle'hay, eagle'way, or eagle'day. This will often create ambiguous translations (inner'way could mean "inner" or "winner"). Using the homophone "ue" instead of "way" can eliminate this.


Amsterdam → Amsterdanway
eagle → Eagleway
orange → OrangewAy
Transcription varies. A hyphen or apostrophe is sometimes used to make retranslation to English easier; for instance: ayspray is ambiguous, but ay'spray means "spray" and ays'pray means "prays."