Monday, June 29, 2009

Glossolalia

Glossolalia or speaking in tongues is the vocalizing of fluent speech-like, but unintelligible utterances, often as part of religious practice. Its use (including use in this article) also embraces Xenoglossy - speaking in a natural language that was previously unknown to the speaker.
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talk nineteen to the dozen

  to speak rapidly and without stopping

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