The overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context

Sunday, 3 December 2006 15:48
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“This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context”

—David Moser, quoted by Douglas Hofstadter in his “Metamagical Themas” column in the January 1981 Scientific American


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Date: Sunday, 3 December 2006 15:45 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fledchen.livejournal.com
"This sentence contains many nonsense English words, but the overall meaning can be understood from context."

Yeah, that's pretty much how I experience speech.
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