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Thursday 21 August 2014

Name-bers

When I was young I loved that old counting rhyme Yan, tan tethera reputedly chanted by shepherds counting sheep.  I got to playing about and this happened...


Una, tom, terry, perry,
paul,
stella, steven, olaf, nina,
dick.

Dickuzzi, dicktum, dictionary, pictionary,
digaul,
dickella, kesteven, dickolaf, dickina,
tomalin.

Unatomalin, tomtomalin, terrytomalin, perrytomalin,
paulotomalin,
stellatomalin, stevatomalin, olatomalin, ninatomalin,
terrylene.

Unaterrylene, tomyterrylene, terryterrylene, perryterrylene,
pauloterrylene,
stellaterrylene, steviaterrylene, olaterrylene, ninaterrylene,
peridot.

Unaperidot, tomyperidot, terryperidot, perryperidot,
paulaperidot,
stellaperidot, steviaperidot, olaperidot, ninaperidot,
palomino.

Unapalomino, tompalomino, terrypalomino, perrypalomino,
paulapalomino,
stellapalomino, steviapalomino, olapalomino, ninapalomino,
stelartois.


Stelartois…

Stephanotis…

Olazabal…

Ni…
Unani, tomni, terryni, perryni, paulani
Stellani, steviani, olafni, ninani…

Una Hungary

Tom Hungary

Alexandria

Tomalexandria


Maximillian

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