Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Adam Funk Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: National Gibberish Day Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:40:12 +0100 Organization: $CABAL Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net ZmU+SAJjeOYhfLWNUnw8zwirgLwgx0SyWBhMEN45ASGJi1NZx4 X-Orig-Path: news.ducksburg.com!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:3KWy2AESrwmpWcF1TrhgXkkyz98= sha1:TUkYIpjfOZsLAfiixS/LexXF9pI= sha256:TrBW5wYMbIALj/H3ycj+MszlRrRAS+aO4m87TbnmNe0= User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.4-6 (Linux) Bytes: 1504 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? -- 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