Simlish - C or D

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Not being a gamer, I've only just become aware of the phenomenon of Simlish - that is, the weird universal gobbledegook language spoken by characters in The Sims.

But now this: [Removed Illegal Link]

Apparently loads of other artists have done Simlish versions of their songs for Sims games and add-ons.

When sung, I think it sounds a bit like Japanese. When spoken, it *almost* sounds as if it could be an actual language (and I know it does contain a handful of actual words that mean the same thing each time they're used - the very definition of a language, I'd imagine).

Despite its musical basis (sort of) I've put this on ILE because it's more of a language-based...thing than a music one.

Your thoughts on Simlish then, please. Is it the new Esperanto? Does it work? Where next for linguists/linguistics/?

― CharlieNo4, Monday, 19 March 2007 17:26 (eighteen years ago)

Deg Deg!

― Slumpman, Monday, 19 March 2007 17:31 (eighteen years ago)

i lived with a dude for a summer; he and his girlfriend always said "huton burwa" to each other all the time. maddening.

― gff, Monday, 19 March 2007 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

wtf was wrong with that link? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl4GzLccSFA

― CharlieNo4, Monday, 19 March 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)

(that's Lilly Allen's "Simle", a Simlish version of "Smile" as you'd imagine, with a new pixellated video)

― CharlieNo4, Monday, 19 March 2007 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

I have caught myself saying 'soon soon'. People seem not to notice. Perhaps they are maddened but too polite to mention it, but anyway, I stopped playing The Sims and I don't do it anymore. Still, classic, because you can tell exactly what they mean.

― Zora, Monday, 19 March 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

Classic. My sisters and I used to wave our hands in the air and wail at each other.

― Hard like armour, Monday, 19 March 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

I feel much less charitable toward Lily Allen than I did five minutes ago.

― milo z, Monday, 19 March 2007 21:52 (eighteen years ago)

I remember the first time we played it, we spent ages checking the language settings and decided we must have bought a dodgy copy. We were in hysterics and shouting wtf are they SAYING?!

― Hard like armour, Monday, 19 March 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWUObr48Zho

Depeche Mode in Simlish!

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 19 March 2007 22:07 (eighteen years ago)

I do say "tonka tonka!" everytime I open the fridge now.

― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 19 March 2007 23:05 (eighteen years ago)

Gomonsnala!

― Hard like armour, Monday, 19 March 2007 23:15 (eighteen years ago)

Reason 90293409132409175731982 to hate this world.

― S-, Monday, 19 March 2007 23:21 (eighteen years ago)

TS: simlish v fucking klingon.

― grimly fiendish, Monday, 19 March 2007 23:25 (eighteen years ago)

Jesus. When did the Y0Tub3 comments section become the next frontier for chain e-mails?

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 19 March 2007 23:51 (eighteen years ago)

I have caught myself saying 'soon soon'

I say this to the b/f all the time! I love simlish. There is a Simlish Depeche Mode song on the New Wave station in the Sims2 (when you get one of the expansions). Hearing Dave Gahan singing in Simlish is mildly hilarious. There is also a Simlish Howard Jones and a Kajagoogoo.

― Trayce, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 00:31 (eighteen years ago)

Doh I didn't see what Curt1s posted. I R slow :(

― Trayce, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 00:31 (eighteen years ago)

Haha omg that DM Sims clip is hilarious :D

― Trayce, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 00:38 (eighteen years ago)

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