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Philip Newton ([personal profile] pne) wrote2006-12-03 03:48 pm
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The overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context

“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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[identity profile] fledchen.livejournal.com 2006-12-03 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"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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