Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: HenHanna Newsgroups: soc.culture.irish Subject: Bog Latin (in Ireland) Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 00:04:27 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 9 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:04:30 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="32f0943cf2cd542ef3ce7588323439fb"; logging-data="265843"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+q2D1tOfO8wNPGUmK9lckUoswgPiUdwPY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:bl2PRRcanG2DvFJKl+CpCUZtz/0= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1181 so far... i'm getting the sense that Bog Latin (in Ireland) comes in (at least) 2 forms 1. looks much like real Latin, with some humorous vocab 2. rougher and slangy... (like Shelta?) e.g. liber means "sea" sabar means "eye"