Re: [tied] Gabullea: Somebody's English just exploded...

From: Julianus
Message: 6455
Date: 2001-03-08

It would appear that the name 'Gabullea' is in fact a corruption of the
Afro-American word 'gumbo-ya-ya.' This refers to those occasions when
everybody talks at once so that no one can understand anything, which I
think describes Mr. Gabullea's prose quite well.

-- Julianus

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