Unglish a — four chains, one set

As minted, from the chain

The minted words

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Link to this mint The same token on Arweave

♪ Protip: click the word to make it speak! Then try the spacebar and arrow keys ♪

One set, four addresses

Unglish a gives each word its own melody. Arbiglish, baglish, optiglish and zorglish use the same generator on different chains. The names are local; the rules are shared.

Released on 6 January 2024. Above is the artwork exactly as minted, the very files stored on Arweave, run with each token’s own inputs from the chain. Nothing has been tidied.

Legend

wug/wʌɡ/: The big string is the canonical spelling; the little string is the IPA pronunciation guide.
wug, in red: If it’s red, it has been found to be vulgar. Shame!
wug, on a solid background: If it’s on a solid background, it is one of the 10,000 most common English words according to my “sources”. If that’s not proof that English is a random walk, I’m not sure what is.
A row of boxes: Each word has its own melody of 2, 3, 4, 8, 16 or 128 notes, one box per note.
Click: Click the word to hear it spoken.
Space: The spacebar toggles singing, at 120 beats per minute.
←Left arrow →Right arrow: Left and right arrows try other voices.
↑Up arrow ↓Down arrow: Up and down modulate pitch.

Click the artwork first so it can hear your keys.

About the archive

Every token’s metadata records the exact address its artwork was rendered from. This page keeps a copy of that artwork and those addresses, checked on 21 October 2026, so it needs neither Highlight nor a blockchain to show them. Voices belong to your browser, so a word may not sound as it did at the mint.

Snapshot provenance · The mint records · Preview an unminted word

Where am I allowed to use these words?

Anywhere. Maybe the better question is do you want to?

Find a word a home

Collection pages and any available minting are on Highlight. Each link names its chain; your wallet stays there too. None of that had to make sense to you, by the way.

The four dialects and their addresses
Dialect	Chain	Collection	Status
Arbiglish a	Arbitrum	Take the Arbitrum branch — view arbiglish	Mint sale ended.
Baglish a	Base	Settle on Base — mint baglish	Highlight lists an open public sale. [still minting!]
Optiglish a	Optimism	Remain optimistic — view optiglish	Mint sale ended.
Zorglish a	Zora	Consider Zora — view zorglish	Mint sale ended.

Sale information checked on 20 October 2026. Check the collection page for current availability.