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The secret “anti-languages” you’re not supposed to know
- FerretFred 6y agoVery interesting, and somewhat ironic that innuendo was freely used on a radio show called "Round the Horne". Risque even in those days, but the the presenter's real name was actually (Charles) Kenneth Horne.
- smitty1e 6y agoMe trouble and strife caught me seeing https://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/ https://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/ Which substitution was used in an episode of Fawlty Towers, though I lack time to find the reference.
- docdeek 6y agoReminded me of the scene in Ocean’s 12 where Matt Damon, confused by the anti-language being spoken and with no idea of what to offer, leaps in with some Led Zepplin lyrics. https://youtu.be/_j9qAhXfNAU https://youtu.be/_j9qAhXfNAU
- tuneablesquid 6y agoha, thought this was going to be an article about VB6
- hprotagonist 6y agoI think the technical terms are either “jargon” or “cant”, yet another word i learned because of dungeons and dragons. Plus, of course, there are also innumerable sub- and subsubdialects based on all sorts of things that have nothing to do with locale or ethnicity---Medical-School English, Twelve-Year-Old-Males-Whose-Worldview-Is-Deeply-Informed-by-South-Park English - that are nearly incomprehensible to anyone who isn't inside their very tight and specific Discourse Community (which of course is part of their function) (authority and american usage)