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Italian gibberish song from 1972 offers uncanny impression of the English language

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Summary
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51% Informative

Italian singer Adriano Celentano sings a song called " Prisencolinensinainciusol " that sounds like English without actually being English .

The song shot to the top of the charts in Italy in 1972 for the most intriguing reason.

It's like an auditory illusion and it does some trippy things to your brain to listen to it.

VR Score

37

Informative language

29

Neutral language

8

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

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