Wednesday, August 24, 2005

if snoop dogg were to teach my class

So I found this website today--Gizoogle--which translates text into Snoop Dogg-esque slang. I put the course description for my Language and Society class (seemed fitting) through it and this is what came out:

Language impacts bustin' we do . Im crazy, you can't phase me: how we think, how we learn, how we vizzy ourselves n interact wit otha and cant no hood fuck with death rizzow. We wiznill look carefully at tha patterns n functions of language ta gain a gangsta sense of how language establishes our cultural identities n social allegiances, how language creates n disseminizzles knowledge, how it develops n maintains shot calla. We will interrogate tha functions of language n hustla how simple alterations in language use miznight lead ta distinctly different outcomes, bizzoth in terms of blingin' n cultural impact so you betta run and grab yo glock.

That last sentence cracks me up.

6 comments:

Condiment said...

Genius. I did a movie w/ Snoop Dogg early in the year. He was completely baked the whole time.

There is a Vietnamese restaurant in LA called "Pho Shizzle," which always makes me laugh.

middlebrow said...

I must do my course description on this Web site.

Clint Gardner said...

Yes the last sentence is apt. Glocks at the ready!

Here are some great translations from my own bizatch:

'Benatar has a lot ta makes up fo` wit "izzle Me Wit Yo Bizzay Shot."'

'Everyone: what tha hizzy does blunt-rollin' mean anyway?'

'Nizzle pizzay: Wizzle tha hell is up wit Rochesta?/Jane Pimp I married him?'

Pimp, I married him! That's classic.

Clint Gardner said...

Hah: This Is Jizzy ta Say
by William Carlos Williams

I hizzle eaten
tha plums
tizzy were in
tha icebox

n whizzich
you were probably
mobbin'
fo` breakfast

Forgive me
they were delishizzous
so sweet
n so cold

Sarah @ Baby Bilingual said...

This is so much fun! Look at where I teach (here in "Fizzle Collins, Colo"):

Colorado State Universizzles Department of Foreign Languages n Literatizzles baller Bachelor of Arts n Masta of Arts degrees. Dogg House Records in the motha fuckin house.

The Department has a strong commitment ta undergraduate education n offa majors in French, German, n Spanish. Undergraduate minors is offered in French, German, Japanizzles Russian, n Spanish. Put ya mutha fuckin choppers up if ya feel this. Basic fizzirst n second year courses may also be taken in Chinese, Italian, Latin n Arabic. The programs in foreign languages emphasize oral n written proficiency n aim ta develop knowledge of tha culture n tha literatizzles n ta promote tha critical n analizzle skills requisite ta an understand'n of they relatizzles.

The placement exam is done on tha computa n normally takes 20-30 minutes....Once you have concluded tha exam, tha gangsta wizzy give you a score. The lab attendant will ask you ta sizzign a fizzle n W-to-tha-izzill tizzle you whiznat class you place into. Aint no L-I-M-I-to-tha-T."

This translation is indeed "literatizzle" in its own right.

Lisa B. said...

Is a glock etymologically related to a glockenspiel? I would rather teach in the manner of the latter.