Michael Jackson--speak

[Tom Dalzell]

Not hardly scholarly, but, a little more:

Ubbi-Dubbi - Secret language spoken by a group of pre-teens youngsters
called "Zoomers" who hosted the PBS children's program ZOOM/PBS/1972-77
produced by WGBH-TV in Boston. Amidst the songs, dances, jokes, stories
and tips sent in by the young viewers, these ZOOMERS spoke a language
similar to Pig Latin. The following is an example of the language's
structure: T-ub-o sp-ub-eak ub-it, Ub-add-"UB" b-ub-ef-ub-ore Ub-each
v-ub-ow-ub-el s-ub-ound ub-in ub-ev-ub-er-ub-y w-ub-ord. G-ub-ood
l-ub-uck! (Note: Always put the accent on the "ub" each time you say
it). A new version of the ZOOM series returned to PBS-TV in January of
1999.

http://www.tvacres.com/languages_phrases.htm

Tom Dalzell

Gerald Cohen wrote:

>   Richard Spears, 3/5/03 wrote of Michael Jackson's word "spabooks":
>
>> I think it's a disguise of _spooks_.
>>
>> ADD: It's a piglatinish kind of wordplay called
>> ubby-dubby.
>>
>> Eg. Pabig Labatabun
>>
>>>
>>>  RAS
>>>
>
>
>    Would there be any scholarly literature about this ubby-dubby wordplay?
>
> Gerald Cohen
>