Ellohay, anday elcomeway otay isthay article-ay! Wait, don’t worry, your computer isn’t broken! That’s just Pig Latin, a “language” that has been confusing—and delighting—people for centuries. While ...

The evidence for the hard “c” sound in Latin is strong, but more interesting is the reason for the shift to the soft “c” before “e” and “i” in modern languages. These vowels are formed further ...

Pig Latin. Ig-pay atin-lay. It’s not really a different language, but an encoded version of English based on a very simple transformation rule. Move the first sound to the end of the word and add "ay.