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|    Adam Funk to Ross Clark    |
|    Re: National Gibberish Day    |
|    20 Sep 24 15:40:12    |
      From: a24061@ducksburg.com              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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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