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/ˈɡræməlɒt/ · noun
A style of language used in satirical theater: a gibberish with macaronic and onomatopoeic elements, used in association with mime and mimicry..
Actually, much of “Mistero Buffo” doesn't require translation and indeed is untranslatable: Mr. Fo speaks in “grammelot,” a kind of polyglot gabble speckled with an occasional intelligible word.
Then, dashing in and out of guises, using his expressive face and body and speaking in grammelot so that everyone can understand him, he might improvise. That would surely be a Nobel first, like the winner himself.
The language sounds random – “moot moot” and the rest – but it’s actually quite precise. Theatrically, it’s like Grammelot, a technique that has been used in theatre and commedia dell’arte for hundreds of years.
Use grammelot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Grammelot means A style of language used in satirical theater: a gibberish with macaronic and onomatopoeic elements, used in association with mime and mimicry..
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Actually, much of “Mistero Buffo” doesn't require translation and indeed is untranslatable: Mr. Fo speaks in “grammelot,” a kind of polyglot gabble speckled with an occasional intelligible word.
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