Ubbi dubbi

Ubbi dubbi
Ububbubi Dububbubi
Spoken in United States
Classification Gibberish
Spoken with English
See also: Language games

Ubbi dubbi is a language game spoken with the English language, and is a close relative of the language game Obbish. It was popularized by the 1970s PBS television show Zoom. Variations to Ubbi Dubbi include Ob, Ib, Arpy Darpy, and Iz.

Rules

Ubbi dubbi works by adding -ub- /ʌb/ before each vowel sound in a syllable.[1] (A linguist would say "Insert [ˈʌb] after each syllable onset".)[2] The stress falls on the "ub" of the syllable that is stressed in the original word. So in "hello", which is stressed on the "he-" syllable, the stress falls on the "hub" in "hubellubo".

Examples

  • Speak → spubeak  /ˈspʌbiːk/
  • Hello → hubellubo  /ˌhʌbəˈlʌboʊ/
  • Extra → ubextruba  /ˈʌbɛksˌtrʌbə/
  • Hubba Bubba bubblegum → "Hububbuba Bububbuba bububblubegubum"
  • Mississippi → Mubissubissubippubi
  • Ubbi Dubbi → Ububbubi Dububbubi
  • Zoom → "Zuboom"
  • Subaru → "Subububarubu"
  • "Hi, how are you?" → "Hubi, hubow ubare yubou?"
  • "We need to get to Plantation Road on time." → "Wube nubeed tuboo gubet tuboo Plubantubashubon Ruboad ubon tubime."
  • "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." → "Uball hubumuban bubeings ubare buborn frubee uband ubequubal ubin dubignubituby uband rubights. Thubey ubare ubendubowed wubith rubeasubon uband cubonscubience uband shubould ubact tubowubards ubone ubanubothuber ubin uba spubirubit ubof brubothuberhubood."

Uses

Ubbi Dubbi has also been popularized as the signature speech pattern of the cartoon character Mushmouth from the animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, voiced by Bill Cosby.

It was used in the episode "Mentalo Case" from the TV series The King Of Queens, between character Spence Olchin (Patton Oswalt) and a salesman at a toy convention.

It was also used between Penny and Amy Farrah Fowler in season 10 episode 7 of The Big Bang Theory as a means of having a secret conversation, to counter Sheldon and Leonard's Klingon.

In the video game Rayman Origins, the Bubble Dreamer speaks Ubbi Dubbi.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rogers, Stephen D. (2011). A dictionary of made-up languages. Avon, Mass.: Adams Media. p. 271. ISBN 1440530408. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Byrd, Dani; Mintz, Toben H. (2010). Discovering Speech, Words, and Mind. Malden, Mass.: John Wiley & Sons. p. 197. ISBN 9781405157988. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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