Can you speak a foreign language to obfuscate conversations inside prisons during conjugal visits?

2 days ago by SilentStriker to c/asklemmy

I know that there are prisons where the interaction isn't face to face, rather via phone where the only thing separating both inmate and visitor is a window (from that type of interaction, the conversation is definitely recorded but can languages alone hide the nature of the conversation?) That depends on the language spoken and it's similarities to English (like Spanish) while languages that are very different (like Japanese or Korean) making it hard to translate.

I mean, most languages can be translated but the nuances from the mother tongue won't be 100% retained since changes can be made plus different languages have their own cultures attached to them. As in what is considered profanity and offensive in the mother tongue translates as a normal word in English (unless you clarify the context), as in what is 100% accurate won't be to the other party since languages are different the same way cultures are.

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fleebleneeble 18 points 2 days ago

I recommend people make their own "language(s)." Or code(s) to communicate openly without fear of deciphering (or at least quickly and easily). You don't run the risk of people really being able to translate and understand what you're saying.

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unitedwithme 16 points 2 days ago

My dad and his best friend did that when they were growing up. Now we all speak it and so do our kids. Nothing fancy, but most people look confused when they overhear it.

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MrShankles 9 points 2 days ago

My wife does this with her mom (it was originally a "twin language" that her mom and identical twin spoke together as kids). And then I eventually picked up on it, and now we all sound strange when people hear us use it lol. It's also nothing fancy, but nobody really thinks we're actually saying shit when they overhear it

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unitedwithme 3 points 2 days ago

The funny thing is, we all thought my parents made it up to talk in code around us kids. When we learned that his friend knows it too, I've always wondered if those kids know it and a whole slew of other people too possibly.

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