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by al read on September 10th, 2006

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What are the origins of pig latin, and how do you speak it?

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  • by Ec-nal Licensed Bootie Inspector on February 23rd, 2008

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    In Britain this term more often applies to the type of backslang used by the criminals of 19th century London and used as a playground game today, which was based on turning words backwards), or Butcher's Backslang which was common in English butchers' shops at least until World War II. Prior to this, Benjamin Franklin was known to use a version of Pig Latin in some publications.
    -WIK

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