Date:  Fri, 1 Apr 1994 21:46:40 GMT

From:  "Warren A. Brewer" <NCUT054[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TWNMOE10.BITNET>

Subject: Pig Latin



Dear Allan Metcalf,



Like Martha Howard, I am a native speaker of Pig Latin. So ask away.



I am interested in the influence of Pig Latin on SAE. The only

example at my disposal is "Ixnay" = SAE "Nix" = "Shut up about a

certain topic". E.g., "Ixnay on the Irlfriendgay" as I once said,

to try to quelch a discussion about a former girlfriend in the

presence of a current fiance. (Ou sont les neiges d'antan?)



                      ---Wab.