{"id":40,"date":"2023-06-01T19:22:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-09-17T06:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:18:54","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">All aboard the jaloopy to Hoptanglia!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the way you might catch a glimpse of some of the native life forms, such as the <strong>polliwatt<\/strong>, an electric tadpole; the <strong>junglefuzz<\/strong>, a wild, woolly sheep tousled to distraction; or the <strong>bazoobabushka<\/strong>, an old lady with a rocket launcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you arrive you may be invited to partake in some of the solemn cultural traditions, such as <strong>skirplicado<\/strong>, the gentle art of creating ornamental shapes by folding speeding tickets; or <strong>landguessing<\/strong>, the pastime of predicting where the ground will be when you\u2019ve completed your somersault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By then you\u2019ll probably be quite hungry, so you can sample some of the local cuisine, such as <strong>lampsand<\/strong>, pulvarized rice that is fried over an oil lamp and served with a good book; or a <strong>grungelo<\/strong>, a purple, hairy fruit with bad table manners; or a <strong>woofle<\/strong>, a cross between a hot dog and a waffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This dictionary provides definitions for over five-hundred Hoptanglish words, making it an ideal introduction to the language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s all a bit fornoolishing, really.\u201d \u2013 \u00a0The Kettlebrook Gazepticle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All aboard the jaloopy to Hoptanglia! Along the way you might catch a glimpse of some of the native life forms, such as the polliwatt, an electric tadpole; the junglefuzz, a wild, woolly sheep tousled to distraction; or the bazoobabushka, an old lady with a rocket launcher. When you arrive you may be invited to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2797,"href":"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/2797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}