<< I read your query regarding Umpchay. This is
a child's secret language. It may still be in common
usage among school
children, although not having been a school child for
some time I don't know for sure. >>
When I was a kid, Pig Latin was a language used by adults to
speak secretly in front of children; that's how I've used it
in my w-i-p book, too. Am I alone in this
interpretation?
- Atmay Owardcay
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