Comment t'appelles-tu ?
Comment t'appelles-tu ?
What's Your Name?
Comptine absurde
Nonsense Rhyme
(French)
(English)
Comment t'appelles-tu ?
- Je m'appelle comme mon père.
- Et ton père ?
- Mon père s'appelle comme moi.
- Comment vous appelez-vous tous les deux ?
- Nous nous appelons l'un comme l'autre. »
-What's Your Name?
-I'm named like my father.
-And your father?
-My father is named like me.
-What are both of your names?
-We have the same names as each other.
Notes
Monique wrote, "When I was a child, we would make each another angry with a much less classy version that went…
"Comment tu t'appelles ? (What's your name?)
- Mange-Coustelle (Chop/cutlet Eater)
- Et ton prénom ? (And your first name?)
- Mange-Estron" (Turd Eater)
Both "coustelle" and "estron" are gallicized Occitan words.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in "Littératures Populaires de Toutes les Nations", Tome 14, Paris, 1883. English translation by Mama Lisa.
Thanks to Monique Palomares for sharing her version.
