Ubbi dubbi
| Ububbubi Dububbubi | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | United States |
| Classification | Gibberish |
| Spoken with | English |
| See also: Language games | |
Ubbi dubbi is a language game spoken with the English language, and is a close relative of the language game Obbish. It was popularized by the 1970s PBS television show Zoom. Variations to Ubbi Dubbi include Ob, Ib, Arpy Darpy, and Iz (a.k.a. shizzolation).
Rules
Ubbi dubbi works by adding -ub- /ʌb/ before each vowel sound in a syllable.[1] (A linguist would say "Insert [ˈʌb] after each syllable onset").[2] The stress falls on the "ub" of the syllable that is stressed in the original word. So in "hello", which is stressed on the "he-" syllable, the stress falls on the "hub" in "`hubellubo".
Examples
- Speak → spubeak /ˈspʌbiːk/
- Hello → hubellubo /ˌhʌbəˈlʌboʊ/
- Extra → ubextruba /ˈʌbɛksˌtrʌbə/
- Hubba Bubba bubblegum → "Hububbuba Bububbuba bububbublegubum"
- Mississippi → Mubissubissubippubi
- Ubbi Dubbi → Ububbubi Dububbubi
- Zoom → "Zuboom"
- Subaru → "Subububarubu"
- "Hi, how are you?" → "Hubi, hubow ubare yubou?"
Uses
Ubbi Dubbi has also been popularized as the signature speech pattern of the cartoon character Mushmouth from the animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, voiced by Bill Cosby.
It was also used between Penny and Amy Farrah Fowler in a season 10 episode of The Big Bang Theory as a means of having a secret conversation.
See also
- Tutnese (language game)
- Pig Latin
- -izzle / Dizzouble Dizzutch, a/k/a "shizzolation"
- Javanais, a similar slang of French
- Rövarspråket
References
- ↑ Rogers, Stephen D. (2011). A dictionary of made-up languages. Avon, Mass.: Adams Media. p. 271. ISBN 1440530408. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ Byrd, Dani; Mintz, Toben H. (2010). Discovering Speech, Words, and Mind. Malden, Mass.: John Wiley & Sons. p. 197. ISBN 9781405157988. Retrieved 23 December 2015.