A Walk On The Moon - Little boy's rhyming game?!
Question:
A Walk On The Moon - Little boy's rhyming game?
I loved the part in this film where the wee boy is playing a rhyming game where he reels off certain words and sounds similiar to someones name. I'm sure I've seen or heard of this before and I was just wondering what it was.
It sort of goes "alley, boobally, heymally, sally..." and then it carries on.
I don't think that was the name used in the scene but you can do it with any name.
Answers:
It is called "The Name Game" and here is how it works.
Using the name Jack as an example, the song follows this pattern:
Jack, Jack, bo-back,
Banana-fana fo-fack
Fee-fi-mo-mack
Jack!
A verse can be created for any name, with X as the name and (X−1) as the name without the first consonant sound, as follows:
(X), (X), bo-b(X−1)
Banana-fana fo-f(X−1)
Fee-fi-mo-m(X−1)
X!
And if the name starts with a b, f, or m, that sound simply is not repeated. (For example: "Billy" becomes "Billy Billy bo-illy"; "Fred" becomes "banana fana fo-red"; "Marsha" becomes "fee fi mo-arsha".)
Playing the game with names such as "Chuck", "Buck", "Mitch", "Rich" or "Richie" results in profanity.