Porcus Poem |
October 8th, 2026 |
| kids, ling |
The kids have been excited about Pig Latin a lot lately. I noticed
that there are a few words that are also English words, or
homophones thereof. With some help from Claude, especially in
figuring out which words would work well and in checking my work,
here's a poem about a pie and a naughty plover:
I weigh ache bay, each pay I pay,
Oh say eats whey, each way ice lei,
Away ate play, eye way: a prey
I'll weigh, eat whey, all way: a day.
Oh whey, oh neigh! I may I pay!
Away outstay, overplay ate whey
All whey of whey, I may I pay!
Ooh, yay, I slay eat tray outlay!
I weigh, eat whey, all whey, ashtray,
I weigh, underplay, all whey, eyes pay!
Eat sway, eat stray, I weigh eat whey!
Oh say, Old Bay? Owe whey, I may!
I weigh Amway oh say outstay!
I weigh I flay? Oh neigh, away!
I weigh a stay, I weigh I lay,
I weigh owes day all whey a day!
reveal English...
I bake peach pie
So sweet each slice
A plate I pray
I'll eat all day.
Oh, no! My pie!
A stout plover ate
All of my pie!
You sly treat lout!
I eat all trash,
I plunder all pies!
Sweet treats I eat!
So bold? Oh my!
I am so stout!
Why fly? No way!
I stay, I lie,
I doze all day.
Note that this doesn't quite work in my dialect, since "way" and "whey" are not homophones, but since it works for almost all of my readers I liked it better with "whey".
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