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Friday, July 26, 2019

Bumberstuff

Some brolly names open with As, Bs, Cs, Ds.
(The parapleurotic obsesses o'er gamps.)
Some brolly names kick start with Es, Fs or Gs.
(The gamphopath’s gripp’d by dark days’ dews ‘n’ damps.)
Gamp Hs…? Is…? Js, Ks, Ls…? Ms, Ns, Os, Ps…?
(The paraGone anguishes: “Where’s gone me brolly?”)
Gamp Qs, Rs, or Ss. (Nor's skipp'd Us or Vs.)
(All dance the parAgon, when weather turns squally.)
Some brolly initials be Ys. Some be Zs.
(Why do none start with Ws, Xs or Ts?)*

     * Here is a list of some names for umbrella coupled with various geographical locations or cultures with which they are associated (please ignore the inevitable misspellings): Agboorun Yoruba, Ambulera Nyanja, Amburera Shona, Aterkia Basque, Brolly UK, Bumbershoot US, Cador Macedonian, Catr Tajik, Hadur 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 Yiddish,Sidank Kurdish, Sketis Lituanian, Soyabon Uzbek, Umanga Maori,Usan Korean, Umbrela Romanian, Vihmavari Estonian, Ymbarel Welsh, Yusan Chinese (Simplified), Zhanit’ila Amharic, Zontik Russian... 

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