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We have something like that in Italian too, in the area where I come from we call it "riocontra" (which is "contrario", ie. "opposite", with the syllables inver
by nekobrain 7y ago
We have something like that in Italian too, in the area where I come from we call it "riocontra" (which is "contrario", ie. "opposite", with the syllables inverted) .
It's probably not as widespread as verlan, but it's still pretty common among the youth of my city.
- santiagobasulto 7y agoThe same in argentinean Spanish. “Pelado” (bald) becomes “dolape”. What region are you from? I think I’ve heard something similar from Milanesi, but I’m not sure.
- ajot 7y agoThis, at least in rioplatense spanish is called "vesre", which is itself the vesre of "(al) revés", which in turn means " backwards".
- bernawil 7y agoIt's common in all Spanish Spain places
- nekobrain 7y agoCorrect, I'm from Milan and riocontra is used almost exclusively in Milan. We have the same "pelato" -> "topela" correspondence by the way!
- klez 7y agoWhere is this? Because I never encountered this thing, neither in Venice (where I was born) nor in Rome (where I live now).
- nekobrain 7y agoMilan :)
- edneypitta 7y agoAlso funny how "riocontra" sounds like "river flowing backwards" (at least in Portuguese)