| | LINGUIST List 8.1221: Double-Dutch and Youthese / Pig Latin (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | fhi-berlin.mpg.de> >Subject: Summary: Double-Dutch and Youthese / Pig Latin >Jack Hall: > >In my response to the query about Pig Latin, I mentioned what I called >the "op" language, which I read about in a book or magazine when I was >about 10-12 years old (mid 1950's). |
 | | I think I was familiar with Pig Latin as young as 5 or 6 (of course, I had older brothers, so that helped), and I remember using it with friends in about the second or third grade (7 to 9 years old). |
 | | Pig Latin is also used occasionally by adults, often to keep their very young children from understanding what they are talking about (similar to spelling words out). |
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