Bajookieland

**Bajookieland** (pronounced Bah-joo-kee-laand, IPA: /bə.d͡ʒuː.kiː.lænd/) is a country and possible continent located in the North Atlantic Ocean and is home to [./https://tonyzaret.fandom.com/wiki/Brongulus's\_father Brongulus's father] from “[./https://tonyzaret.fandom.com/wiki/BAJOOKANESE\_DAD\_Reacts\_to\_AMERICAN\_CONTENT! BAJOOKANESE DAD Reacts to AMERICAN CONTENT!]”.

## Culture

The Bajookanese have a very unique culture, although we don't see much of it. However, there are hints as to how they are. For example, in [./https://tonyzaret.fandom.com/wiki/Tony\_Zaret Tony Zaret]'s "How American Parents wake you up VS how MY parents wake me up" short skit, Bajookanese people seem to wear hats made out of fibers, similar to some ornamental baskets found in homes today. The Bajookanese Dad seems to wear a hat made of cloth (most likely adopted from other nations in the world) and has a sort of blanket draped on him. While these may just be ordinary items, it is very telling that all people characterized to be from Bajookieland seem to wear hats. Also, for breakfast, they seem to have a dish called *grumgob.* The Bajookanese seem to have a taboo against large buttocks, which in their language is called a *brukukuk* (or bruckuckuckuck).

## Language

It is heavily implied that the Bajookanese have their own language. This is further attested by the oddly-formed names of [./https://tonyzaret.fandom.com/wiki/Jongulo Jongulo], [./https://tonyzaret.fandom.com/wiki/Brongulus Brongulus], [./https://tonyzaret.fandom.com/wiki/Bunguloj Bunguloj], and other members of the cast (granted, only Brongulus attests that his dad is from Bajookieland, but given the forms of the names it is quite likely that all of these people are from Bajookieland or descended from inhabitants of that region), being formed of mostly three syllables, having an abundance of o's and u's, and always having an "ng" as the coda for the first syllable of the name. The names seem to be mostly of the form CVngVCV(C). From this we can also assume that [./https://tonyzaret.fandom.com/wiki/Big\_Blungus Big Blungus], a popular meme much funnier than [./https://tonyzaret.fandom.com/wiki/Big\_Chungus Big Chungus], is also from, or has ties to, Bajookieland.

In Bajookieland, the name Brongulus seems to be a blending of a theoretical word *blomjampwus* (we don't know the actual spelling, so this is a speculative word), which is glossed to be "Powerful Warrior". While we don't know the linguistic rules that caused Brongulus to form from *blomjampwus*, a theory is that Brongulus is actually an ancient form of the current word, similar to how names nowadays don't necessarily have any meaning but are derived from ancient words with meaning.

The Bajookanese Dad seems to have a noticeable accent. It seems to place emphasis on the penultimate syllable, as found when he pronounces Obama as Obooma. Alternatively, this is just specific to penultimate "a".

The Bajookanese seem to have a taboo against large buttocks, which in their language is called a *brukukuk* (or bruckuckuckuck). It is possible that one of the "uk" syllables is a plural suffix or infix or some sort; more likely than not, the "bruk" is a root word relating to buttocks. Another common phrase related to buttocks is *bajunga*, which means (as glossed by Brongulus) "you have to purchase larger trousers". More likely than not, this phrase is very ancient and has been shortened over time, and as such it does not give us much insight on the grammar of the language (at least, not on it's own).

*Bajoonkie* seems to be a word of surprise or shock in the language. In both *bajunga* and *bajoonkie*, the prefix *baj-* can be found. It is possible that this refers to "you" and as such, we could gloss *bajoonkie* as "you gave me shock". This is, of course, speculative.

Another word, similar to *bajoonkie*, is *bajookie.* Perhaps this is "it gives me shock" or "I have shock"? Either way, it gives us a little more insight on the grammar, though it is not clear. It is also part of the name of Bajookieland, however, and as such it is possible that the people who named it were seen as shocking to the Bajookanese people. It is possible that this is because of their large brukukuk.