Gibberish
I had the following problems:
1. Cold.
2. Homeless.
3. Pale.
4. Monolingual.
So I booked a trip to Spain for the weekend. Gibraltar on Friday (a.k.a. Today, and ok yeah that's technically still the UK), Granada on Saturday, Malaga on Sunday.
Gibberish, by the way, comes from the special blend of English and Spanish spoken by the residents of Gibraltar.
Back on Tuesday.
Oh and I forgot to wish my nephew Jeremy Happy Birthday yesterday. He turned the big 3-point-0. Happy Birthday J-Dog.
5 comments:
stop making crap up.
what inaccuracies are you accusing me of in this instance¿
i reckon it´s all true.
Gibberish - Origin of the term
There are a couple of possible theories of origin for the term "gibberish". One says that the basis is in the old word "gibber" which is allied to "jabber". However, "gibberish" was in use before the word "gibber", therefore making this a dubious theory. A better explanation says the word comes from Geber, the name of an Arabian alchemist in the 11th century. He invented a strange terminology so that his works could not be understood by others; more importantly, he could not be accused of heresy, which was punishable by death. "Gibberish" in its modern sense was certainly used by 1811.
I believe you're thinking of Llanito, which is a mixture of Spanish and British English.
Either you two have too much time on your hands or you're not getting enough sleep.
so it sounds like there is no consensus and it could be right. but regardless i didn't make it up, i found it on wikipedia.
i agree with Amy in that you have too much time on your hands and I'm not getting enough sleep.
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