Curious

[ericcoleman]

Can you become fluent in gibberish?

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[guppiecat]

Considering how much it bugs me when people get lolcat grammar wrong, I'd have to say "yes".

[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

Apparently so, based on some folks I've known who seem to be fluent.

Then there's me when I'm really, really tired... I have some mad gibberish skillz.

[not-eurotic.livejournal.com]

I did ComedySportz for 10 years.

Yes.

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

No, but if you're a conservative hack writer, such as Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter, you may become affluent in gibberish.

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

Have you ever heard the music of Joseph Spence?

[alymid.livejournal.com]

I am not sure - but there is fairly good evidence. Evan and David speak fluent "thingie" - e.g. - its over there in the thing next to the thing on top of the other thing. And that is actually a findable location.

[greenmansgrove.livejournal.com]

I'd like to state for the record that for the most part, David and I *understand* "thingie". We might occasionally speak it, but not nearly as much as Alyse and Erin do. We've just picked up enough over the years to keep ourselves alive.

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

Two words. Stanley Unwin (http://www.stanleyunwin.com/).

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

I thought they called that "speaking in tongues." :-^)

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Exactly. There are people who do it professionally.

That's fluently *speaking* gibberish, of course.

Understanding it--no one can do that.

[mle292.livejournal.com]

Bargle farkwad nepeenting!

[jrittenhouse.livejournal.com]

Plergb.

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

Hrbdewub!

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Mish berglin blahb vellidge, kwen deeflop neegle nat wilfing! Plorf zibble?

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Danny Kaye. Gibberish in various linguistic styles; mock French, mock German, etc.

The Swedish Chef.

[bdunbar.livejournal.com]

Yes - become a consultant.

[qnofhrt.livejournal.com]

Didn't you ever listen to one of W's news conferences? He did it all the time.