> Spiritualists speak in
tongues, babies babble, animals make all manner of cathartic,
voluntary noises. Sound is my "thing". I believe in
the therapeutic value of spontaneous, non-symbolic vocalization.
It blazes new neural passageways, and can lead to Zen-like insights
> My dictionary describes Gibberish as "meaningless
speech; - nonsense". Well, what would you expect from the
dictionary, the sacred repository of fixed language.
> My first language was gibberish. English was forced upon
me later. Although I have learned to use American-English pragmatically
and even come to admire its creative capabilities, gibberish
is much more flexible
> People may say that, with my affinity for gibberish, I'm
wishing humanity back to Babel, to living like crazy animals.
All I can say to those people is "yaka bunanda"
> Do you have any idea how hard it is to run spell-check with
a web site full of gibberish ?
> Some appropriate occasions for using gibberish : fright
/ pain / exasperation / surprise / executing a difficult traffic
maneuver / stretching to reach for something / when speaking
to panhandlers, rude or crazy people / to fend off attackers
/ to relieve stress / to offset vague malaise / to confuse the
spirits / to mock the flesh
> Writing poetry in gibberish is real easy. You can always
make it rhyme
> Spread the gospel - when someone asks, "what's your
dog's name?", say something like, "Eeeaaaaablahoondar
" (in a high pitched, whiny tone), and see if they repeat
it. If you don't do this, you seriously run the risk of leading
a life of quiet desperation
> Some of my many books on gibberish: Heal Yourself with Gibberish
/ Gibberish & the Law / Conversational Gibberish / Gibberish
in Sign Language / Kosher Gibberish / Gibberish after 50 / Gibberish
Light - Shorter Words for People in a Hurry
> Exercises: Improvise gibberish lyrics to well-known songs
(I find the armed-forces' theme songs quite suitable) |
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