Nonsense English #1

Read / watch the following links (again, in some cases). Write a reflection in this or another blog post about the similarities and differences of the three pieces. All were seemingly aiming for English-sounding nonsense; what strategies did they use? What did they do differently from each other? Can you think of any strategies that none of them used? Feel free to include anything about your own responses to these pieces. 


Jabberwocky by Lewis Carol



Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano



Skwerl (explicit language), by 
Skwerl script (explicit language)

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