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User:Proto asks for hints to stub the missing links. I won't have time in the near future. Meanwhile you can start with:
Most of them are in Spanish.
-- Error 16:26, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
--Created articles for Gaceria, arxinas, and Barallete. -- Polylerus 19:56, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
Before i add this, has anyone outside the UK come across this type of secret language:?
We called it Agi-pagi (ay - ghi pay - ghi ).
it works by adding -ag- before every vowel, with some exceptions (such as a single "a" which becomes "agi":
"This is a test sentence in blue " translates into
"Thagis agis agi tagest sagentagence agin blague"
Pronunciation: "thay-gis ay-giz a-guy tay-guest say-gay-en-tay-ay-gen-see ay-ginn blay-goo"
We were taught this as children by our parents, who ran a shop and used it to warn each other about shoplifters etc, and have private conversations from strangers.
Has anyone got another name for this language?
He describes it in his novel, Les Misérables, as the language of the dark; at one point, he says, "What is argot; properly speaking? Argot is the language of misery."
In the original French "L'argot est la langue de la misère.", the word misère should not be translated as "misery" rather as "extreme poverty". I have seen it translated as "wretchedness" but both in this sense and in the context of the novel Les Misérables (lit. The Poor), it means poverty or destitution.
Xtremeboi7 ( talk) 16:49, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Some additions to this article should be considered after perusing this obscure link http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/5/5-764.html#1 I have emailed the author requesting help for this article. The various names of some of the secret or play languages might be further researched in any case. Note "agi pagi" may be covered in my provided link. Mydogtrouble ( talk) 17:57, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for input. Have spent some time reviewing, and although it's arguable that any one article is acceptable, I feel the MANY articles on cant and argot should somehow be cleaned up. It's a mess. Of course the multiple articles provide great lists of variations on these things worldwide. Does each variant merit a separate entry??? Surely not; some are very rare and isolated. How else than overarching linklists to do any justice to this subject? I want to approach anything I do conservatively; do no harm. Time to meditate on these things prior to action may be beneficial. (I encountered "Bush talk" independently of all this, in a subculture near the Miami area) Mydogtrouble ( talk) 21:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
104096741⚭ᑎᙁᑕᑐ\ᗰⓄᑕᑐ.✻Λ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.85.60.247 ( talk) 02:34, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
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User:Proto asks for hints to stub the missing links. I won't have time in the near future. Meanwhile you can start with:
Most of them are in Spanish.
-- Error 16:26, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
--Created articles for Gaceria, arxinas, and Barallete. -- Polylerus 19:56, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
Before i add this, has anyone outside the UK come across this type of secret language:?
We called it Agi-pagi (ay - ghi pay - ghi ).
it works by adding -ag- before every vowel, with some exceptions (such as a single "a" which becomes "agi":
"This is a test sentence in blue " translates into
"Thagis agis agi tagest sagentagence agin blague"
Pronunciation: "thay-gis ay-giz a-guy tay-guest say-gay-en-tay-ay-gen-see ay-ginn blay-goo"
We were taught this as children by our parents, who ran a shop and used it to warn each other about shoplifters etc, and have private conversations from strangers.
Has anyone got another name for this language?
He describes it in his novel, Les Misérables, as the language of the dark; at one point, he says, "What is argot; properly speaking? Argot is the language of misery."
In the original French "L'argot est la langue de la misère.", the word misère should not be translated as "misery" rather as "extreme poverty". I have seen it translated as "wretchedness" but both in this sense and in the context of the novel Les Misérables (lit. The Poor), it means poverty or destitution.
Xtremeboi7 ( talk) 16:49, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Some additions to this article should be considered after perusing this obscure link http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/5/5-764.html#1 I have emailed the author requesting help for this article. The various names of some of the secret or play languages might be further researched in any case. Note "agi pagi" may be covered in my provided link. Mydogtrouble ( talk) 17:57, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for input. Have spent some time reviewing, and although it's arguable that any one article is acceptable, I feel the MANY articles on cant and argot should somehow be cleaned up. It's a mess. Of course the multiple articles provide great lists of variations on these things worldwide. Does each variant merit a separate entry??? Surely not; some are very rare and isolated. How else than overarching linklists to do any justice to this subject? I want to approach anything I do conservatively; do no harm. Time to meditate on these things prior to action may be beneficial. (I encountered "Bush talk" independently of all this, in a subculture near the Miami area) Mydogtrouble ( talk) 21:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
104096741⚭ᑎᙁᑕᑐ\ᗰⓄᑕᑐ.✻Λ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.85.60.247 ( talk) 02:34, 11 March 2018 (UTC)