"Once again, interpretation has its limits. Still, searching for the roots of syncopated baby-talk, even if ultimately fruitless, reveals a fascinating chain of appropriations and reappropriations across races and cultures. Nonsense can contain its own historical sense, though the history may always be incomplete.
"I can't help seeking that sense in nonsense."
Ben Zimmer at The Atlantic looks at The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus," upon the song's fiftieth anniversary.
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