double talk! an improved kind of pig latin :)

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i just heard this on NPR today, it was about how to befuddle eavesdroppers on private conversations by using a supercharged form of pig-latin called "double talk," which consists of the strategic interposition of the letters IB after the first consonant [and after each subsequent consonant depending on the word] and/or before the first vowel of each word. for example, to "double talk" the phrase "live and let live," you would render it as "lIBivIBe IBandIB lIBetIB lIBivIBe." george w. bush would translate as "gIBeorgIBe wIB bIBushIB." willard romney=wIBillIBardIB rIBomIBnIBy. barack obama=bIBarIBackIB IBobIBamIBa. barbara streisand=bIBarbIBarIBa sIBtreisIBandIB. it is much harder to listen-to and comprehend this doubletalk, than it is to speak it. but just hearing somebody fluently speak it is hilarious, as it makes them sound like a cross between porky pig and donald duck. let's see some other WP-user contributions and suggestions for improvement