Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Tikki tikki tembo nosa rembo chari bari ruchi pip pen pembo

MADISON'S BOOK CLUB
This book explains why Chinese people do not have long names, after the whole incident with Tikki tikki tembo nosa rembo chari bari ruchi pip pen pembo and all. What? Have you not heard about Tikki tikki tembo nosa rembo chari bari ruchi pip pen pembo? It's a tale of near tragedy! His brother Chang falls into a well, and well, everything turns out okay. Why? Because it is easy to go and tell everyone "Chang has fallen into a well." But when Tikki tikki tembo nosa rembo chari bari ruchi pip pen pembo falls into a well, that's another matter. Poor Chang has to keep going to different people in order to tell them, "Tikki tikki tembo nosa rembo chari bari ruchi pip pen pembo has fallen into a well!" My first thoughts when reading this to Madison were firstly, why not go straight to the guy with the ladder, rather than trying to say all that to your mother? Second, and probably most importantly, why not simply say to everyone along the way, "My brother has fallen into a well?"

The answer should be obvious: "Tikki tikki tembo nosa rembo chari bari ruchi pip pen pembo" is a fun thing to say over and over again. I know it's fun to type over and over again!

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