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Dog Latin, also known as Cod Latin, macaronic Latin, mock Latin, or Canis Latinicus,〔(Canis Latinicus - Television Tropes and Idioms )〕 refers to the creation of a phrase or jargon in imitation of Latin,〔(Dog-Latin ), Bartleby.com〕 often by "translating" English words (or those of other languages) into Latin by conjugating or declining them as if they were Latin words. Unlike the similarly named language game Pig Latin (a form of playful spoken code), Dog Latin is more of a humorous device for invoking scholarly seriousness. Sometimes "dog Latin" can mean a poor-quality attempt at writing genuine Latin.〔OED s.v. "dog," compounds C3a〕 ==Examples== A once-common schoolboy doggerel which, though very poor Latin, would have done a tolerable job of reinforcing the rhythms of Latin hexameters: Insofar as this specimen can be translated, it is as follows: The meter uses Latin vowel quantities for the Latin parts, and to some extent follows English stress in the English parts. Another variant has similar lines in a different order, with the following variants: The meaning here is "The storm rose up and overturned the boat" and "Except for John Periwig", etc. Another verse in similar vein, from Ronald Searle's ''Down with Skool'', is: which, when read aloud using traditional English pronunciation of Latin, sounds like the following: but which means in Latin The following spoof of legal Latin, in the fictional case of ''Daniel v Dishclout'' (from George Alexander Stevens' "Lecture on Heads", 1765),〔(), (Google Books ), retrieved November 2, 2009〕 describes a kitchen: In English, this is: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dog Latin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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