Furspeech

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Furspeech (also known as Furspeak) is a furry form of constructed language based on the alteration of words and sentences of the established base language into its furry culture equivalents by substituting key vowels and syllables.

Wanderer submitted the term Furspeech, "The not-altogether-serious alteration of words into equivalents referring to the furry culture" to the Furry Dictionary on October 7, 2000, with the example "refurring" for referring.[1]

Examples: "Persona" into "Fursona." "Someone" into "Somefur." "Perfect" into "Purrfect."

It can also take the form of substituting animal terms for comparable human terms, such as referring to a birthday as whelpday. This can also be done when the term in question is part of another word, e.g. a handkerchief becomes a pawkerchief, and holding one's head in one's hands becomes the far shorter facepaw.

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[edit] Non-English variants

Furspeech exists in other languages as well. Certain examples are:

  • German:
    • "Pfoto" (from Pfote (paw) + Foto (photo))
    • "Tatztatur" (from Tatze (paw) + Tastatur (keyboard))
  • Russian:
    • фурятник / Furyatnik (from фурри (furry) + курятник / kuryatnik (henhouse))
    • замяучательно / Zamyaučatel'no (from замечательно/zamečatel'no (excellent) + мяу / myau (meow))
    • спасимба / spasimba (from спасибо / spasibo (thank you) + Симба (Simba))
  • Chinese:
    • 兽设 / 獸設 (shòushè, from "兽人" beast-man + "人设" character sheet)
  • Esperanto:
    • felsono (from felo (furry (in meaning the idea)) + persono (person))
  • Slovak
    • packy (from pa (bye) + packa (paw))

[edit] Other words not present in "Furspeech terms"

  • Furotica (furspeech for "erotica")
  • Furban legend (furspeech for "urban legend")
  • Furplay (furspeech for "foreplay")
  • Purrson (furspeech for "person")
  • Nofur (furspeech for "no one") is an (almost) obsolete term, with its written form being the most used form presently.
  • Fursonal (also know as "purrsonal." Furspeech for "personal.) Variants include:
    • Fursonally/Purrsonally ("personally")
    • Imfursonal/Impurrsonal ("impersonal")
  • Popufur (furspeech for "popular")

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Furry Dictionary maintained by Cloudchaser Shaconage. Retrieved June 14, 2007.

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