Like Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings, the writers of The Sims put a lot of time and effort into crafting a language for the games. Rather than hold full conversations, Sims will use set phrases based on the situation they’re in, with common phrases such as “Sul sul” (Hello) and “Dag dag” (Goodbye) becoming recognizable to the player over time.
As well as being a spoken language, Simlish can be observed as a written language throughout The Sims universe as well, with various decorations, such as signs and posters, featuring the Simlish alphabet.
10 When You First Find Out About Simlish
To anyone unfamiliar with The Sims, Simlish sounds like complete gibberish, with strange sayings that sound uncannily similar to English but are off by just enough to be utterly bizarre.
New players might assume that Simlish is just a bunch of random, meaningless phrases that allow their Sims to talk, but the translation of real-world songs into Simlish can be clearly heard throughout the game, proving the existence of Simlish as a cohesive fully-fledged language. This meme sums up the collective thoughts of new players upon hearing Simlish quite well.
9 Does The Sims Fanfiction Exist?
Nearly all video game franchises have fanfiction (fan-made fiction) written about them, from steamy romances to action-packed rewrites of the plot. Fanfiction allows fans to live out what they wish had happened in the game. But, with almost every story comes dialogue and this Tumblr user aptly wonders how someone should write dialogue in The Sims fanfiction. Would the dialogue be written in Simlish, in which case the reader would have to somehow translate the text, or would it already be translated to English?
8 I Heard A Great Joke on The Sims Once
Anyone who has played The Sims enough knows this iconic one-liner. While it’s largely accepted that the common phrase “Ba harmy putar? Glarch!” is the telling of a joke, there’s no official translation. “Ba harmy putar” is the rhetorical question to set up the joke and “Glarch” is the punchline, but this phrase doesn’t actually mean anything, instead it represents all possible jokes a person can make.
Everyone’s sense of humor is different, so having a universal joke in The Sims that can be interpreted differently by every player is an ingenious way to both save time recording voice lines and avoid any potential offense from an outdated joke.
7 Removing Simlish Probably Isn’t A Great Idea
Each generation of The Sims games offers something new and unique. For example, the new, open-world design of The Sims 3 was the unique selling point. This meme reimagines the creative process of coming up with these ideas as a stereotypical board meeting, with one character suggesting the removal of Simlish and then getting thrown through the glass window, signifying how integral and important Simlish has become to both the game designers and the community. The Sims brings something different to the Simulation genre by having a distinct look and voice, something that, if taken away, would ruin the franchise.
6 Talk Simlish To Me
This Reddit user made a hilarious mistake when they decided to get their own back on their girlfriend for speaking Russian without translating it for them. Everyone loves a good accent, with some accents even being considered to be more ‘sexy’ than others, so it makes sense that languages can embody the same idea.
This Reddit user began speaking Simlish to his girlfriend in a seductive tone, getting his own back by making her flustered by such a silly-sounding language.
5 When The Simlish Starts To Slip In
Regular players of The Sims will understand that feeling of realization when you notice you’re mimicking Simlish. “Ah, van vesua! Cummuns nala?” Roughly translates to “Hello, how are you doing?” One of the more common phrases within The Sims. It makes sense that a few of those sayings might get stuck in your head, enough that you might just find yourself repeating them.
4 Well, Someone Didn’t Watch The Trailers
3 Video Game Gibberish Solidarity
The Sims is not the only game franchise to have its characters speak “gibberish”, but perhaps it was the most notable at one time. Now, with games like Friday Night Funkin, Animal Crossing, Fortnite, and Undertale becoming more popular, The Sims probably isn’t the first game that comes to mind when someone is asked to think of a game that speaks a made-up language. This meme portrays the aforementioned games as childlike figures that learned from The Sims and the way they created and used Simlish, going on to become more popular and powerful than The Sims.
2 John Mulaney Should Be A Voice Actor For The Sims
1 Rise And Shine
This viral Twitter video, with over 1.5 million views, puts a Simlish twist on the “Rise and Shine” meme, imitating the tone of the original video perfectly. For those unfamiliar with the “Rise and Shine” meme of 2019, it originated from a clip of Kylie Jenner singing “rise and shine” to wake up her daughter Stormi during a video tour of the Kylie Cosmetic offices. Fans found the clip hilarious and many imitations of it have been made since then, including this Simlish video.
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