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From: Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com>
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Subject: Re: National Gibberish Day
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:40:12 +0100
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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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