In this hospital video recorded shortly after the fatal 2022 crash, Mackenzie Shirilla and her mother attempt to use a coded childhood language game commonly known as Gibberish (or variations like Ubbi Dubbi or Double Talk) to communicate secretly right in front of the Strongsville police detective. The language game works by inserting specific repetitive syllables (like "-iz", "-on", or "-ed") into standard words to make them sound like nonsense to an outside listener. Here is the translation and breakdown of what is happening in that specific audio segment: 1. The Coded Message & "The Game" Justification When the detective allows Mackenzie's mother to speak to her, Mackenzie breaks into a rapid string of coded gibberish to mask her words. At the very end of that fast-spoken sequence, she says: "...he'll think it's a game or something." The Translation: She is telling her mother why she is using the secret language. She believes that by speaking this way, the detective will completely dismiss it as childish nonsense or a silly game, allowing her and her mother to secretly discuss the crash without the officer understanding. During her trial, prosecutors highlighted this exact moment to show her awareness and attempt to conceal information from law enforcement. 2. The Shift to Plain English Immediately after trying to use the code, she realizes she needs to address the detective directly and switches back to plain English to ask a highly controversial question about her consequences: "Yeah, like... can I just like... like take my whole license away for like 10 years or something like that? Like I don't even know..." The Context: At this point in the audio, the detective has just explained that they are executing a search warrant for an investigation into aggravated vehicular homicide times two (for the deaths of her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and friend, Davion Flanagan). Mackenzie's pivot to asking if she can just give up her driver's license for 10 years showed a severe underestimation of the legal jeopardy she was in, which ultimately resulted in her 2023 conviction and a sentence of 15 years to life in prison. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOdH5V1hktXOmjh3q-pK3vQ/join