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Because dispute surrounds the spelling of a lot of Simlish words, would it not make sense to replace what we have here at present with the phonetic equivalents?
--172.216.88.203 19:15, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
"...not all statements below are true:" How many of those English translations are verifiable?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Alksub (talk • contribs) 03:11, 25 October 2005
A number of phrases here have been deleted since my last edit. Why? If they haven't been confirmed, we could make a table with columns: Simlish phrase, English translation, degree of certainty (confirmed by Maxis, confirmed by a voice actor, translation reached independently by several, translation generally agreed upon, translation conjectured by contributors). Seahen 16:04, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
I thought it was confirmed that myshuno meant hello-155.52.2.92 19:17, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Till the factual dispute have ended Simlish will be added to the Gibberish section. If you do disagree please post here or at my talk page. Sitenl 18:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
I think it should be left alone. I played the sims countless times, and most of them seem fine, and accurate.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Amaas120 (talk • contribs) 05:57, 29 December 2005
The section on confirmed simlish words needs a reference to where Maxis has confirmed them. Its nice that they have, and that its stated in the paragraph but it needs to be set up as a reference.--Crossmr 16:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
The writing on police car doors reads: Yulhullie mud lapllahaduhil, roughly meaning "To Serve and Protect".
This can can be nearly traslated from Tlaxan, an aceint langauge of Mexico. 'Yulhulliexa' means to guard and 'lapllahaduhil' means to do a favour.
I hope this helps you but i alroady added it to article
MANY THANKS
Gerrado Gueto 23/6/06 03:08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.24.9 (talk • contribs) 17:09, August 23, 2006
"No actual characters from any known alphabet are used." This is wrong in Sims 2, if you buy the cheapest TV and zoomed close enough, below the screen is some characters. It should be AAX, I forgot what that is.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.78.126.94 (talk • contribs) 12:59, October 10, 2006.
This article is going to be cleaned up over the next few days. Unsourced information and information which appears to be original research will be removed until such a time that sources are provided. I've removed a bit already, but any content currently tagged will be removed or rewritten. As well the list of phrases officially published by Maxis needs some sources. I've looked on the website but can't actually find these. They will also be removed if sources can't be provided for them.--Crossmr 21:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
I've removed all material which violated WP:OR and WP:V. Please read the relevant polices and make sure any future additions to the page don't run afoul of them.--Crossmr 23:31, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
ok, i play the sims and i think can easily say that 'abaduchia' or something along those lines, that goes a-baa-doo-chi-ah, is the word for goodbye as the sims always say this as they leave the house. and also when sims talk in a mirror, they say 'ye ye ye, ye gota warren, ye gota warrren'. i have no idea what this means though, though it occured while practising speech in a mirror.Daniel625 01:21, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Here's a good one I discovered on my own. I noticed that when a sim leaves their house, they often say "dag dag". Obviously, this looks like "bye bye", but is it more than a coincidence? Yes! Just do a ROT2 on "bye bye" and you end up with "dag dag". Unfortunately, "dag dag" is the only clearly enunciated phrase I came across, so testing whether this cipher applies to any other simlish was far too hard for me to attempt. I might as well try it on "goodbye" to see if it results in "abaduchia"... let's see... "iqqfdag". Nope. But it might be something like "see you" or "so long" or any number of other phrases.--134.173.200.107 03:02, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Article says English has more of a Latin sound to it than Simlish -- shouldn't it state the exact opposite? 213.235.241.220 09:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
If Simlish is improvised how is it possible to have a consistent phonology and pronunciation? I just learnt about Simlish songs by actual artists. I find it difficult to have actual real-length songs in an improvised language and yet sound similar. Did they improvise also? Or were they given some rules? Pictureuploader 08:58, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Do the characters of Spore speak Simlish? /Yvwv (talk) 10:14, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Yes. 80.44.254.157 (talk) 13:31, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
This article really needs to be updated to reflect what's in The Sims 3. 66.29.169.1 (talk) 22:42, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=78312
A Sim fan who goes by the name of "SiMale" came up with an alphabet for Simlish, originally for the Sims 1, which is in wide use in custom content for the Sims. It's a font, partly based on Greek, astrological, and alchemical symbols, which can be isntalled on the user's computer. Sims fans incorporate it into signs, packaging, and other items made or modified for the Sims.
http://www.modthesims.info/archive/index.php/t-312270.html
The font has been modified in appearance to use where a "handwritten" look is advisable.
Examples of Simlish font in use:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=307946 http://www.spring4sims.com/2008/09/eight-simlish-fairy-tale-posters-for-kids-by-simgaroop-mts2/ http://sumomo.modthesims.info/download.php?t=303289 http://linna.modthesims.info/download.php?t=316590 http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=342725
A connection drawn between spoken Simlish and written Simlish: http://learn-simlish.piczo.com/?g=38382808&vsrc=search_google&cr=5
74.220.76.151 (talk) 00:43, 12 July 2009 (UTC)Lucy Kemnitzer (I can't remember my user name and password)
I've noticed that in the Sims 2, toddlers occasionally yell something that sounds like "Daddy!" when upset and in the crib. Also, when tickling, Sims tend to say something like "Ticky ticky ticky!", which could be noted.
Edit: I've also seen that very outgoing Sims seem to say "Shalom" when they see another sim in the Sims 2 (Yes, I only play the Sims 2 normally..)
EricPeterboy (talk) 07:00, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
In GBA Sims (and, possibly, other console "adventures" in Sims series), some characters may, instead of "goodbye", say "sure, sure" but with non-english "r" sound. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yura87 (talk • contribs) 08:33, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
All of the citations are dead ends now. They no longer work for anything as citations, and they are now dead links. Also, some look like they weren't official/proper to begin with by the names...--174.19.244.195 (talk) 22:06, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
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Marc Gimbel is a roommate of my friend. They added his name as a joke several years ago, and it's apparently stuck. Marc works at the U.S. State Dept. here in San Francisco and was never employed by Maxis and has no connection to this game. What's more, all external references to his involvement originated after this article, so this misinformation has now been propagating throughout the internet for years, which will make it more difficult for future redditors to fix this article.
We should delete his name from this article. It's ridiculous that this bad edit has stuck around for so long without any external verification.
Stephen.andrew.lynch (talk) 06:54, 24 April 2018 (UTC)