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Humpty Dumpty

ya sudanglo, 29 Desemba 2014

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Lugha: English

sudanglo (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 4 Januari 2015 1:12:53 alasiri

Yes, Riko-Diko works well as home-grown version of Humpty dumpty.

Riko could be a shortened version of Rikardo so looks like a mok-nomo, has resonance with cock-a-doodle-doo in many languages (Fr cocorico, Ge kikeriki, E kokeriko etc) and was also the name of one of the chickens in Privilegia Vojo. Diko is obviously appropriate.

I believe that Humpty Dumpty was originally just a term for a squat corpulent person.

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