(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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