This article investigates the phonological patternings in the speech of il-Limbi, an immensely popular character in Egyptian comedy; and it stands therefore at a crossroads between cultural studies and linguistics. Il-Limbi represents the urban working classes, and his speech often mocks social conventions through ludicrous parody of educated speech. Masquerading as socially superior personas, his speech highlights the diglossic situation in Egypt as well as the pretentious use of English into the elite register. My examination of il-Limbi’s pronunciation in four movies reveals a number of systematic patterns in both consonants and vowels, which construct a unique code. This code is based partly on exaggerated features of Cairene Arabic and partly on genuine features of illiterate, lower-class vernacular. And it is often the interplay between various registers via correspondence rules that creates humor in the films.

本文研究了埃及喜剧中一个非常受欢迎的角色il-Limbi的语音中的语音模式。因此，它正处于文化研究和语言学之间的十字路口。Il-Limbi代表城市工人阶级，他的演讲经常通过对受过教育的演讲的可笑模仿来嘲弄社会习俗。他的演讲伪装成具有社会优越感的角色，强调了埃及的悲惨处境以及在精英名册中伪装使用英语的情况。我在四部电影中对il-Limbi的发音进行了检查，发现辅音和元音都有许多系统的模式，它们构成了独特的代码。该代码部分基于Cairene阿拉伯语的夸张功能，部分基于文盲，低等民族的真实功能。