Some general considerations...

    Sure, we all like to be flexible, but how many of us are truly malleable?  DiLingo is not for those who have trouble going with the flow (that flowing substance to be only imagined at any given time).  The language is for those of us who are malleable.  And the language is, too.  Because it rhymes, it has peculiar rhetorical devices that augment that potential:  what a gutteral utteral refers to as malleablility.

The grunger:

~ng

For example, on the TENSES page, you will find that the present, past, perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses are designated by a ~, called a "grunger," which is nothing more than the malleable form of the vowel + -ng to be inserted.

For example,

d~ng  or, ding, dang, dung, etc. (do, did, have done, etc).  Or, the adjective, schl~, or schling (bad)

Besides vowels a, e, i, o, and u (and oh, yes, sometimes y), there are firesigns (named after my biggest comedic influence, the Firesign Theater).  In fact, firesigns are any devices that are substitutions (prefixes, suffixes, interfixes) that affect syntax.

The vowel firesigns:
 

<~>

~ng

The schliresign:

The schliresign is the prefix, schl-, which is used to denote the opposite of something, usually in a pejorative sense.  The use of the schliresign doesn't mean it's been constructed via a malleable device, but is used in specific vocabulary.

For example,

The firesign de redund:

The firesign de redund is an interfix which connects a word to a root word, effecting both syntax as well as rhyme.

For example, the firesign de redund "rodan," which converts a verb to an adjective indicating ability: (See VERBS or ADJECTIVES)

-at-

speak	ling	Here the interfix -at- + the root grunger extend the rhyming capablities, i.e., ling- + -at- + 'ing, or lingating (ling'-a-ting').
speakable	lingating

For example, the firesign de redund "gorgo," which converts an adjective into either comparative or superlative forms:  (See ADJECTIVES):

 -ab-

 

good	bing	Here the interfix -ab- + the root grunger once (for comparative) or twice (for superlative) extend the rhyming to hopefully ridiculous proportions, i.e., bing- + -ab- + 'ing, or bing- + -ab- + 'ing + -ab- + 'ing.
better	bingabing
best	bingabingabing

The verfiresign:

The verfiresign is a prefix which extends the meaning of an adjective:  (See ADJECTIVES):

(v)

good	bing	b(i)	Here, (v)- + the adjective, bing.
very good	verbing	(v)b(i)

 

 Notes on Elocution (Not to be confused with notes on electricution)

PRONUNCIATION:

All single vowels, except for a*, are short.  All double vowels are long.
For instance:  Ing is like the ing in bring; iining (to be) has the ii which is like the i in like.
*a is long whether in single or double form.  And you don't want to know why, believe me.

See further NOTES ON ELOCUTION.
 
 

WARNING!      Now, if you're beginning to get a queasy, slightly sickening feeling in your stomach, it's just that DiLingo uses those parts of the brain that lie very close to the CTZ, or chemotrigger zone for nausea and vomiting (Broca's Spew Area).  Overt weeping is not unreasonable at this point as well.  If you've ever "called Ralph" on the "big, porcelain phone" in college, you know what we mean.

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