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Ubbi dubbi

Whubbat ubbis Ubbubbubbi Dubbubbubbi? Thubbat ubbis whubbat ubbi fubbound
ubbout whubbile ubbI wubbas dubboing mubbath hubbomewubbork wubbith
subbome frubbiends ubbone dubbay.

What? No, I'm not crazy.

On Tuesday, while I was working on some math with Lauren Piester and Sarah Lake-Rayburn in the Math House, this is how we entertained ourselves.

Before every vowel sound of each word, you insert an "ubb." This mysterious yet hilarious language was created by "Zoom," a TV show on PBS.

So let's see here.

"I really need to go to the bathroom" becomes "Ubbi rubbeally nubbeed tubbo gubbo tubbo thubbe bubbathrubboom." Fascinating right?

Subbo fubbor thubbe rubbest ubbof thubbe pubberubbiubbod, wubbe wubbere prubbactubbicing ubbour Ubbubbubbi skubbills. Ubbi hubbave tubbo prubbatubbice ubba lubbot mubbore thubbough; Lubbaurubben cubban tubbalk subbo mubbuch fubbastubber thubban Ubbi cubban!

Ubbi Dubbi is a lot easier to read than to actually speak fluently. I've attempted to have short conversations with Lauren at school, and everyone who overhears us most likely thinks we're out of our minds.

Whubbatubbevuuber. Thubbey ubbare jubbust jubbealubbous thubbey cubban't spubbeak Ubbubbubbi Dubbubbubbi tubboo.

Comments

Lauren Piester's picture

Yubbess.

Thubbey ubbare jubbealubbous thubbat wubbe cubban spubbeak ubbin subbuch ubba cubbool wubbay, ubband thubbey cubban ubbonly spubbeak nubbormubbaly.
Wubbe ubbare ubawesubbome.

Ubbubbubbi Dubbubbubbi?

Ubbubbubbi Dubbubbubbi? UbbI wubbondubber hubbow mubbuch mubbath gubbot dubbone? :-)

Whubboa! UbbI hubbave

Whubboa! UbbI hubbave nubbevubber subbeen subbomeubbone ubbelse thubbat spubbeaks Ubbubbubbi Dubbubbubi. Thubbat's cubbool!

Wow.

The last time I felt the need to do this, I was six.

Erin Hayes's picture

Nice

This is pretty hilarious, guys. :)

I used to be able to speak ubbi dubbi, back in the day.

Haha

I can speak this. I love it too, cause some of my friends know it and if we're talking about something private we just speak in it.
You have to be careful doing that though, cause some people can actually understand it but can't speak it.

i disagree. I speak ubbi

i disagree. I speak ubbi dubbi very fluently, and i had much more trubble reading this that i do speaking and listening to it.

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Yubbou shubbould hubbear mubby frubbiend spubbeak ubbubbubbi dubbubbubbi!! Shubbe ubbis CRUBBAZUBBY!!!!

ubbi dubbi

You guys have been practicing wrong, you add -ub not -ubb!

ubuh-uboh

Ubbi rubbeally nubbeed tubbo gubbo tubbo thubbe bubbathrubboom
"rubbealluby" dubon't fuborgubet thube lubast 'ub' bubefubore thube 'y' ubin rubealluby

ubband thubbey cubban ubbonly spubbeak nubbormubbaly.
Wubbe ubbare ubawesubbome.
"ubbonly" yubou mubean ubbonlubby. subame mubistubake ubas rubachubel.

hubi. ubi'm ubaluby. uband..ubi LUBOVE ubbi dubbi! bubut ubi dubon't hubave ubanubyubone tubo prubactubice wubith. subo ubi jubust truby tubo spubeak ubit ubanubywubays tubo muby frubiends ubevuben thubough thubey dubon't ubunduberstuband.
uband ubi ubagrubee thubat ubbi dubbi ubis mubuch ubeasubiuber tubo spubeak thuban wrubite.

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