Play on words
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Editor,
When I was a boy back in the 1930s and ‘40s, my brother and my way of responding to the adults telling us what to do or what not to do was to speak in Pig Latin. The words “Pig Latin” become “igpay atinlay.” They would often hear “Easeplay ebay iotquay,” our version of “please be quiet.” A dictionary description of Pig Latin goes like this:
“This is a secret language formed from English by transferring the initial consonant or consonant cluster of each word to the end of the word and adding a vocalic syllable (usually /ei/): so, Pig Latin would be igpay atinlay.”
The following is just some fun I had using Pig Latin to share with my friends here at Grizzly Peak. Grizzly Peak is a marvelous ‘Independent Retirement Living’ facility located on American Way in Missoula. So, here’s the short story I made up making “Pizzly Greek” out of our name “Grizzly Peak.”
Most residents here at Pizzly Greek don’t know the history of how this wonderful place got started. Here are the facts:
Dr. Joseph Pizzly, a Greek philosopher and billionaire was a friend of many in our country. Years ago, he donated millions to help get residential facilities like ours started in this nation.
Many of us here often comment on some words used on the daily menu saying, “Sounds like Greek to me.” And that’s because it is Greek. Dr. Pizzly asked that some Greek words be used on the daily menu.
So, eat and enjoy; rest and relax. It’s always good, to learn the facts.
Bob McClellan
Missoula
