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From: Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
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Subject: Re: National Gibberish Day
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 07:34:30 +0100
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 Ar an fichiú lá de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Adam Funk: 

 > On 2024-09-20, Ross Clark wrote:
 > 
 > > "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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