How many languages does Hippot speak?
Hippot spoke a number of languages, including English, French, Spanish, Esparanto, several dialects of Fish, and, of course, Pig Latin (See “The Pet Shoppe Caper.”) There are some aspects of English slang which Hippot had difficulty grasping, however. One of his more amusing malaprops was the phrase “chasing the wild gooseberry” to indicate “a wild goosechase.
