Two Bumbershots

I.

     Sometimes 
brolly names open with 
As, Bs, Cs, Ds.

     Sometimes 
brolly names start off with 
Es, Fs or Gs.
     H gamps…? 
I gamps…? Js, Ks, Ls…? Ms, 
Ns, Os or Ps…?
     Sure…plus 
Qs, Rs, or Ss. (Don’t 
skip Us or Vs.)
     Sometimes 
brolly initials be 
Ys. Sometimes Zs.
     (Why do 
none start with Ws, 
Xs or Ts?)*

2.

     Why do 
parapleurotics ob-
sess about gamps?

     Why are 
gamphopaths haunted by 
dark dews ‘n’ damps?
     Why do 
paraGones groan: "Golly! 
Where be me brolly...?" 
     (Then 
dance their parAgons – when 
zephyrs turn squally...?)

* Here is a list of alternate names for umbrella coupled with the geographical locales and languages in which they may be heard.

Agboorun Yoruba

Ambulera Nyanja
Amburera Shona
Aterkia Basque

Brolly UK
Bumbershoot US

Cador Macedonian
Catr Tajik
Cadur Bulgarian
Chata Bangla, Nepali
Chatari Punjabi
Chatra Gujarati
Chatri Kanada, Marathi
Chhataree Hindi
Chht Khmer

Dackel Luxembourgish

Dallad Somali
Dazdnik Slovak
Deever Mongolian
Destnik Czech
Deznik Slovenian

Elo Malagasy

Esernyo Hungarian

Faamalu Samoan

Gamp UK

Godugu Telugu
Guarda-chuva Portuguese

Hovanavor Armenian

Htee Burmese

Isambulela Xhosa, Zulu

Jumta Latvian

Kasa Japanese

Kaus Hmong
Kisobran Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Kol Catir Kyrgyz
Kolga Georgian
Kudayak Sinhala
Kuta Malayalam
Kutai Tamil

Laima Hausa

Malu Hawaiian

Mizala Arabic
Mwavuli Swahili

Nche Anwu Igbo

O Vietnamese

Ombrelle Albanian
Ombrello Italian
Omprela Greek

Paraigua Catalan

Parapli Haitian Creole
Paraplu Dutch, Western Frisian
Parapluie French
Paraply Danish, Norwegian, Swedish  
Parasol Polish
Parasol’ka Ukrainian
Parason Belarusian
Paraguas Galician, Spanish
Payong Cebuano, Filipino, Malay
Payung Indonesian, Javanese, Sudanese
Pluvombrelo Esperanto

Qolsatir Kazakh

Regenshirm German

Regnhlif Icelandic
Rm Thai

Sambreel Afrikaans

Sateenvrjo Finnish
Scath Irish
Sekhele Southern Sotho
Semsiye Azerbaijani, Turkish
Sgailean Scottish Gaelic
Shirem YiddishSidank Kurdish
Sketis Lituanian
Soyabon Uzbek 

T...? 

Umanga Maori
Usan Korean

Umbrela Romanian

Vihmavari Estonian

W...? 

X...? 

Ymbarel Welsh

Yusan Chinese (Simplified)

Zhanit’ila Amharic

Zontik Russian