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Made-Up Words, Secret Languages, and How Kids Love Them Both
Grant Barrett
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2007/11/27 - 6:19am
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Richard Glover, author of The Dag's Dictionary, writes in the Sydney Morning Herald about made-up words, secret languages, and how kids love them both.

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2007/11/27 - 9:58am
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Ubit cubomes ubas nubo suburprubise - rubemubembuber Zuboom?

Martha Barnette
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2007/11/27 - 11:42am
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Is Zuboom a reference to the kids' show, "Zoom"? I'm afraid that was after my time, dilettante. (As more and more things are these days!)

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2007/11/27 - 12:37pm
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Yes, it was a reference to "Zoom" and the language "Ubbi Dubbi". (You prefix each non-silent vowel with the letters "ub".)

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