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dsizzle on Dec 5, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fakelish – Fake English word generator

Reminds me of the Italian song made up of English sounding gibberish (although some real words do sneak in, like "alright") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8

jaclaz on Dec 6, 2021 | [–]

JFYI, that Celentano's song is a famous/mainstream example of grammelot:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammelot

The master/pioneer of grammelot in Italy was Dario Fo, sample (of the "English" one):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A4n9Ez9O8g

SomeBoolshit on Dec 5, 2021 | [–]

The title immediately made me go "but Adriano Celentano did this". A staple of my childhood even if I only watched German dubs.

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