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yehlili

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Sep 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/21/99
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Dear pals:
I am not a native English speaker. Recently, I heard my son in
kindergarten singing the song "Skidamarink" from WeeSing Series. I could
not find it out in the dictionary. Can somebody tell me what does it mean
?
Thanks so lot !!

LILI

Lee Rudolph

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Sep 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/21/99
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"yehlili" <yeh...@tp.silkera.net> writes:

In April, alt.usage.english had a thread on the subject "Skinny Malink".
If you have access to a web browser, you can find the 15 posts in the thread
at the URL

http://x29.deja.com/=dnc/qs.xp?ST=PS&QRY=skinny+malink&OP=dnquery.xp

(that catches one extra irrelevant post, but I wanted to fit the URL
on one line). That may answer your question. Or not, of course.

Lee Rudolph

Andre Proulx

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Sep 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/22/99
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Lee Rudolph <lrud...@panix.com> wrote in message
news:7s8iam$l2p$1...@panix3.panix.com...

I believe the word that "yehlili" may have heard her son singing was rather
"skinamarink" or "skinamarinky", although I'm not sure of the spelling, if
indeed it has an accepted one. I don't believe the word is meant to "mean"
anything but
is rather a nonsense word created because it sounds amusing to children.
I've heard it in a song performed by the entertainers Sharon, Lois and Bram
that contains the "lyrics":
"Skinamarinky dinky dink,
Skinamarinky do,
I love you!"
Whether or not this usage is in any way related to the expression "skinny
malink" is a question only the composer of the song can answer.

André


Beth Thomas

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Sep 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/23/99
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On a literary note, this song appears in the play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' by
Tennessee Williams. I'm not sure if that helps at all, but I just thought
I'd mention it...

Bethan.

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