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03/17/2005 08:12:52 AM · #1

I have a friend that is trying to figure out what the nursery rhyme is that she gets her name from. He father says itâ��s from Australia; sheâ��s heard it once but has since forgotten.

Her name is Kimbo. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Pug-H

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03/17/2005 08:27:12 AM · #2

Some Australians help ... the rest stand around "supervising".

Well, I can't recall any nursery rhyme with the name Kimbo. It could be an Australian dimiuitive of Kimberly (like Timothy might be known as Timbo).
On th other hand, it might be an aberration of Kimba, from Kimba the White Lion, a Japanese cartoon from the 1960's.

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03/17/2005 08:33:00 AM · #3

LOL, yeah everyone else just stand around (unless of course you know the answer). Supposedly it is an Australian name, but I don't ahve a clue. I was named after a great uncle so the history of my name is easy

This is what spawned the question..... How popular is your name (in the US)

Node

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03/17/2005 09:26:34 AM · #4

Originally posted by NathanW:

Kimbo is a very common "Known as" name for someone called Kim or Kimberley. We Aussies always add things like that to names.

Dave = Davo
Robert = Robbo, Bob, Bobby, Bobbo etc
A red headed person is known as "Blue" or Red

I don't know of any nursery rhymes with Kimbo in it though.

samtrundle

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03/17/2005 09:33:21 AM · #5

We 'Aussies'are notorious when it comes to abbreviations and alterations of just about anything - afternoon becomes arvo, university is uni, and so on and so forth, to the point that the average north american will find themselves simply nodding and smiling for the first couple of hours of a conversation with an aussie (don't worry - you usually catch on eventually). Kimbo is, to my knowlege, not derived from a fairy tale or anything, but rather an example of the above manipulation of the language.

aKiwi

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03/17/2005 03:13:35 PM · #6

I learnt a song at sunday school.
Kimo yaaa my Lord
Kimbo Yaaa
Kimo yaaa my Lord
Kimbo Yaaa
Kimo yaaa my Lord
Kimbo Yaaa
OOOOh lord Kimbo yaaa.

Or something like that.
Does anyone know the Guano Apes version of that song.
It's a classic!

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03/17/2005 03:44:44 PM · #7

Originally posted by aKiwi:

Cool. I'm not sure I want to know about the Guano Apes though.

Thanks a bunch.

Pug-H

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03/17/2005 04:07:29 PM · #8

That's "Kimbaya". I think it was Lowden Wainwright III, who, in concert, said to the audience, "If you're real good, I won't sing 'Kimbaya'".

Originally posted by aKiwi:

I learnt a song at sunday school.
Kimo yaaa my Lord
Kimbo Yaaa
Kimo yaaa my Lord
Kimbo Yaaa
Kimo yaaa my Lord
Kimbo Yaaa
OOOOh lord Kimbo yaaa.

Node

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03/17/2005 04:21:43 PM · #9

Originally posted by aKiwi:

Opps... A blonde moment ;-)

aKiwi

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03/17/2005 04:39:52 PM · #10

SSShh! The Aussies won't notoce the difference between Kimbo Yaa & Kimbaya or kumbaya ;-)