Was very spoiled and very vain and very FAT! He was very spoiled because whenever any of his sisters had anything HE wanted, or when his brother had anything he wanted. his mother loved him so VERY much that he by the time Long-Name-No-Can-Say was seven years old. and finally she thought of "Nikki Nikki Tembo No-So Rembo Oo-Ma Moochi Gamma Gamma Goochi" And THAT was what she named him! Then, a year later, when his younger brother Yen was born, she loved Nikki Nikki Tembo No-So Rembo Oo-Ma Moochi Gamma Gamma Goochi SO much, that she hardly even noticed his brother Yen at all! And neither did her husband. You see, she loved him SO MUCH that she wanted him to have the longest name in the WHOLE VILLAGE. Well, then their first SON was born, and they were SO happy that his mother sat up for three whole days and three nights thinking up a name for him.
And, by the time that Gumph was born, her mother and father were very very very very very VERY disappointed! And it was the same with Mumph, Bumph, and Dumph. He just said "LUMPH !!!" And that was how Lumph got HER name. And when Lumph was born, her mother was even MORE disappointed, and so was her husband. When HE saw Humph, he just said "HUMPH !!!" And that was how Humph got her name. So, when she saw Humph, she was disappointed, and so was her husband. The reason she didn't love them so much was that when her first daughter, Humph, was born. You can see from THEIR short names that their mother didn't love them NEARLY so much as she loved Long-Name-No-Can-Say. and his younger brother's name was just "Yen". And, his older sister's names were "Humph," "Lumph," "Mumph," "Bumph," "Dumph," and "Gumph". and a brother, who was YOUNGER than he was. Long-Name-No-Can-Say had six sisters, who were older than he was. And THEY called him "Long-Name-No-Can-Say", because they couldn't remember his REAL name. So no one ever called Nikki Nikki Tembo No-So Rembo Oo-Ma Moochi Gamma Gamma Goochi anything but that! No one except his enemies, that is.
the way we do when we say "Dick" for "Richard", or "Betty" for "Elizabeth". none of his friends had a right to call him anything shorter. Now, even though a Chinese boy's name was very long. "Nikki-Nikki-Tembo-No-So-Rembo-Oo-Ma-Moochi-Gamma-Gamma-Goochi" Now, that's no longer than "George Worthington Witherspoon Saltinstall Hammersmith!!" But, this was in the northern part of China, and they talked very slowly there. she loved him very very VERY much! So she gave him a three-mouthful name! She named him "Nikki Nikki Tembo No-So Rembo Oo-Ma Moochi Gamma Gamma Goochi" Of course, if you say that very fast, it doesn't seem so long. And Long-Name-No-Can-Say's mother loved him MORE than very much. I know "Long-Name-No-Can-Say" sounds pretty long to be called for short, but NOT when you know his REAL name! Because at the time he lived, there was an old Chinese custom for a mother who loved her child VERY much, to name him with the longest name she could think of. It was just what some people called him for short. Long-Name-No-Can-Say was not REALLY his name. Long-Name-No-Can-Say was a little Chinese boy who lived in China a long long time ago. Hello everybody ! This is Paul Wing, and I've come to tell you the story of "Long-Name-No-Can-Say". (Intro music, upbeat Chinese instruments) you can click on the pictures to hear snippets of the LP ! (Transcibed from the LP, performed by Paul Wing)Īlthough they have little to do with the story. But it's NIKKI Nikki Tembo that has my heart.
#TIKKI TIKKI TEMBO STORY FULL#
and ALL will gladly CHANT you the main character's full name. Most insist that THEIR version is the BEST version. and I'm only counting the ENGLISH versions that I am aware of! Some people remember TIKKI Tikki Tembo while others fondly recall RIKKI Tikki Tembo. There are at LEAST 3 or 4 different versions of this story. It didn't turn ME into a raving racist, so I would HOPE that it is safe for YOUR eyes. I first heard this on an old LP, back in the 70's. It IS politically incorrect, if you care about that sort of thing. This is a story of a little Chinese boy with a VERY long name.
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