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[challenge entry] my mum once nursed oliver postgate i discovered yesterday.
he got into trouble with the bbc censors because in one of the scripts a clanger bangs his head and says 'bloody hell' in clanger speak. he got called into the censors office and given a wrist slapping tell him to tone down his language

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(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 10:53, archived)
# How can you say ANYthing in clanger speak?
It's just whistles isn't it?
(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 10:55, archived)
# the Germans understood it perfectly
apparently
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 10:56, archived)
# well exactly.
they had scripts just so they had a vague idea what was going on in the episodes
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 10:57, archived)
# You can say loads in clanger speak
the wife and I often do. We can get our heads round 'Coffee?' 'Yeah, go on then.' etc.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 10:58, archived)
# do you give each other nauseating clanger nicknames too?
"frrreeeeeeeooooooooooopppp"
"eeeeeewoooppppwoooopppwwwoooooopp"
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 11:01, archived)
# Yes, but not clanger speak ones.
Mainly riffs upon 'Foo'.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 11:03, archived)
# she's little train
i'm tiger


its the least odious we could manage
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 11:04, archived)
# Foo/Boo
Or kitten and bear. I know, I know.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 11:10, archived)
# haha oh dear
we have loads... but i'm not telling
(I helped save b3ta! .spanky is singing "PEANUTS!", Thu 18 Dec 2008, 6:08, archived)