Discussion:
National Gibberish Day
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Ross Clark
2024-09-20 11:05:01 UTC
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"This is an American day whose origins are obscure, and whose point --
to talk nonsense to each other -- isn't entirely clear."

Why go on? Well, we have a page to fill.

[There follow remarks on...gibberish vs gobbledygook...doohickey
words...scat singing...nonsense syllables in popular songs..."Lisa
Goddard" (he may be thinking of Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can
Dance)..."nonsense" as literary genre...idioglossia...glossolalia...
abracadabra

Any questions?
Adam Funk
2024-09-20 14:40:12 UTC
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Post by Ross Clark
"This is an American day whose origins are obscure, and whose point --
to talk nonsense to each other -- isn't entirely clear."
Why go on? Well, we have a page to fill.
[There follow remarks on...gibberish vs gobbledygook...doohickey
words...scat singing...nonsense syllables in popular songs..."Lisa
Goddard" (he may be thinking of Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can
Dance)..."nonsense" as literary genre...idioglossia...glossolalia...
abracadabra
Any questions?
Wibble wibble?
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Now you're climbing to the top of the company ladder
Hope it doesn't take too long
Can't you see there'll come a day when it won't matter?
Come a day when you'll be gone ---Boston
Aidan Kehoe
2024-09-21 06:34:30 UTC
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Post by Adam Funk
Post by Ross Clark
"This is an American day whose origins are obscure, and whose point --
to talk nonsense to each other -- isn't entirely clear."
Why go on? Well, we have a page to fill.
[There follow remarks on...gibberish vs gobbledygook...doohickey
words...scat singing...nonsense syllables in popular songs..."Lisa
Goddard" (he may be thinking of Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can
Dance)..."nonsense" as literary genre...idioglossia...glossolalia...
abracadabra
Any questions?
Wibble wibble?
My one year old is posting on sci.lang!
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‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)
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