Re: Conlang and Natlang

abrigon wrote:
>
> I know from what I saw recently on TV that often siblings, especially
> multiples often will invent their own sub-lingo, even if much of it is
> simplifications of English or idioms..
I think that's common in many families.  In my family, for instance, we
have several unique forms:

A triphthong /Oaj/ used as a variation of /aj/ in some cases, like
/bOaj/ for "bye"
The pronunciation /bIbl=/ for Bible (altho I've since met a few others
with that)
Non-standard stress-patterns on some words (e.g. /'kAmpjutr=/)
Some metathesis, like /'&b@"l&m@/ for /"&l@'b&m@/ (Alabama)

If it weren't so late, I could probably come up with more.

> I know some people use their own forms of "pig latin", which I suspect
> that if the grammer was simplified and like, would be an interesting
> lingo, useful?
What grammar?  Pig Latin and the like is merely English words disguised.

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