Monday, August 24, 2009

What's in a Name?

I was thinking about names this morning and how they can be fiddled with, as in nicknames etc. I remembered an old song I used to sing to various kiddiewinks in years gone by. It was called the Name Game. I first heard it sung by Goldie on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh In". If that doesn't date me nothing will. It was sung to a really bad little tune as you plonked along on a guitar.
(the name) let's say Jen, then the twaddle:
"Jen jen bo ben, banana fana fo fen, mee my mo men, Jen!"
Lunacy really.
Next I got thinking about the flowernames I gave to my sprogs when they were little. Lily Martina, Lupin Jamey, Victoria Rose, Hannah Dahlia. Now we have the next generation so they too have flower names and no complaints as I thought long and hard about this. Here we go: DanielLion, Sorenthymum, Jakeynachea and little Frankigolds. They all look and smell divine! And they are good for your health!

1 comment:

hannah dahlia said...

in kindergarten there was a librarian who would sing that song to me with my name...I hated her. I think Daniel especially will enjoy his name :)