Invented Language (55)

Dave Shepherd revisits a couple of blend-word examples we overlooked last week: "celebutante" and "ruinion." (Thanks to Hillary Israeli.) (1:56) Dave and Howard Shepherd discuss the challenges of trying to remain non-commercial for one year. Our anniversary was the day we recorded this show, March 21, 2006. (2:56) Dave and Howard explore the realm of invented languages--languages artificially constructed for specific purposes. (Thanks to Kevin Thomas and Alexandre Enkerli for the topic suggestion.) (4:34) Language that limits: Parental code (8:24) The created sub-languages of childhood (9:44) Pig Latin (10:33) Javanais (11:44) Verlan (12:16) Music bumper from "Telepop" by The Jerrys (13:26) Codes: Morse code, building codes, speech codes and double-talk (14:59) Cryptology, shortwave number-code stations (16:28) The Navajo "Code-Talkers" from World War II (18:03) Song: 'Code' by Brooks Newton (18:39) Cockney rhyming slang (our source: Jeremy Alderton's Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary) (22:04) Rude word of the week: "Donald Trump" (an example of Cockney rhyming slang, based on the name of the famous American tycoon and television reality-show star) (23:42) Music bumper from "Trifle 3" by Fuzzy Logic (25:02) Language that expands: Fantasy languages: Elvish, Klingon (25:56) Esperanto (27:05) E-Prime (29:48) Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network and GarageBand.com Theme music by Kick the Cat time: 33:14 size: 22.9 Mb rating: PG (Our Rude Word alludes to a mildly rude word for defecation.) Categories: language, linguistics