fandomhigh | Scoobying Workshop #4, Afternoon 6/13/2006 (Main Campfire)

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Xander is standing in front of the unlit campfire holding up a book in the hand that doesn't have splinted fingers. He's being careful not to get soot on it because yo, Tev'Meckian/English Dictionary. In hardback.

"Hi, my name's Xander and I'm a geek. I'm sure that revelation totally gasts your flabber. But despite the huge pains I take to hide that fact, I felt I should confess it for the good of all, since sometimes it comes in handy to be a geek."

He coughs, then says in a gravelly voice, "Pef trom Grabthar, jux shag!"

"Okay, a real Tev'Meckian would totally laugh at my accent, if there were real Tev'Meckians. But how many other people, or monsters, or real aliens, or whoever I might have to keep something secret from while my team talks in front of them, are gonna have a clue what I just said?"

He waves the book. "This is a totally invented language, which means the speaking population is limited to... well, geeks. That makes it really useful for talking in front of people you're pretty sure... aren't. Real languages are great too, if you happen to be lucky enough that your whole team speaks one that most people around you don't, but the made-up ones are a lot easier to come by.

No, I'm not gonna make you learn Tev'Meck. It's three hundred pages long and just reading a translation of The Cat In The Hat almost gave me laryngitis once. But there are other invented languages that are a lot easier to learn, and I've got a worksheet for you on one of them.

It sounds simple, but when you speak it fast enough it's pretty much just, well. Gibberish. Except to you and whoever you're talking to. If you practice enough, you can rattle off an entire conversation in front of your teacher without her realizing you're planning on sneaking out to fight lava monsters during the filmstrip --- which, uh is bad and you should totally not do mm'kay -- and if they start to catch on, at that point you'll probably be good enough at it that you can invent your own."

Xander grins. "So today you can spend the whole workshop yakking to each other about anything you want to yak about -- but the catch is, you have to do it in Gibberish."
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[OCD threads up! Gibber away. ]

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"Idig hidigave nidigo idigididigea widighat yidigou adigre sidigayidiging."

"Rubealluby?" Blair tilted his head and realized he understood Jamie's question. "Ubi cuban ubunduberstuband yubou, thubat jubust fubigubures. Ubof cubourse Ubi cuban ubunduberstuband yubou bubut Ubi cuban't subeem tubo spubeak ubit. Thubis ubis jubust grubeat. Ubi'm prubobubabluby guboubing tubo fubail uband Xubanduber wubill thubink Ubi'm uba lubosuber uband Ubi'll nubevuber subee ubanubothuber twubinkubie ubagubain."

He bounced and looked carefully at Jamie. "Cuban yubou rubealluby nubot ubunduberstuband mube? Lubike ubat uball?"

"Widighat didigid yidigou sidigay?"

"Ubi subaid..." Blair bounced for a moment and grinned slyly. Might as well play around since Jamie couldn't understand him anyway.

"Ubyubour mubothuber ubis subo ubugluby thubat whuben shube subigned ubup fubor thube ubugluby cubontubest shube wubas dubisquubalubifubied fubor bubeubing uba prubofubessiubonubal."

Jamie caught at least one word in there and it wasn't one should use lightly.

"WIDIGHAT DIDIGID YIDIGOU SIDIGAY ADIGABIDIGOUT MIDIGY MIDIGOMMIDIGY?!"

"Ubeep!" Blair bounced backwards and waved his arms frantically.

"Nubothubing! Ubi wubas jubust subayubing yubour mubothuber wubas vuberuby vuberuby vuberuby prubettuby. Uband smubart. Suberubiubousluby, muban, shube's lubike uba guboddubess."

Unfortunately for Blair, Jamie still only caught one word in particular.

"STIDIGOP TIDIGALKIDIGING ADIABIDIGOUT MIDIGY MIDIGOMMIDIGY!!" Jamie shouted.

"Ubokubay, muban, cubalm dubown." Blair said in a gentle tone, trying not to roll his eyes. "Ubi cuban't bubelubieve yubou stubill cuball huber mubo-" He paused and thought better of saying the 'm-word'. "thubat."

Blair bounced and affected an interested posture, as if he was just asking Jamie how he liked the weather lately. "Subince Ubi cuban't tubalk ubabubout yubour...pubersubon...hubow ubabubout wube tubalk ubabubout yubou? Yubou're subo ubugluby, whuben yubou wubere buborn thubey pubut tubintubed wubindubows ubon yubour ubincubububatubor."

Jamie suddenly has caught on to Blair's babble and gives him a stern look.

"Widighen Idig widigas bidigorn, Idig widigas idigmidigmedidigiatidigatlidigly fidigound tidigo bidige adig midigutidigant. Idigit widigas edigevidigrytidighing midigy pidigaridigents cidigould didigo tidigo kidigeep midige fidigrom bidigeidiging adig lidigab ridigat. Sidigo... nidigot fidigunnidigy"

"Crubap." Blair frowned at both the realization that Jamie could understand him and the knowledge about his birth. ""Thubat subucks, muban. Ubi'm suborruby. Ubi wubasubn't bubeubing suberubiubous, muban. Ubit wubas uball ubin gubood fubun. Jubust jubokubing ubarubound." He bounced hopefully and smiled. "Hubavuben't yubou ubevuber plubayed thubat gubame whubere yubou ubinsubult ubeach ubothuber. Yubour mubothuber wubears cubombubat buboots uband stubuff lubike thubat?"

"Nubot thubat yubour mubothuber duboes! Shube's wubay tuboo gubood ubof uba wubomuban fubor thubat."

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