[no, no Derek, that song is mostly nonsense, and you have now
confused Li-Na immensely]
I remember watching Cinderella when I
was little, and I could never make sense of that song. No one I knew could
make sense of it. What is a salagadoola?
It's actually spelled salagadoula and it is a compound world: salaga and doula. Salaga is from the same base word as salad: salagadous, which means plant. a doula is a person who often helps pregnant women through her pregnancies, including the birth. Thus, translated out salagadoula means "plant assisted in birth." Which is what happens in the movie. The pumpkin, a plant, is turned into a carriage, a sort of birth.
Blast! You found me out. I just can't seem to fool you when I want to. Yeah, that song was mostly rubbish.
However, in the song it does use the word: thingamabob. That is a legit american slang meaning something along the lines of "that thing/ mysterioius object but I don't know what it is called."
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Re: Derek
[Derek is in a teasing mood.]
Re: Derek
[no, no Derek, that song is mostly nonsense, and you have now confused Li-Na immensely]
I remember watching Cinderella when I was little, and I could never make sense of that song. No one I knew could make sense of it. What is a salagadoola?
Re: Derek
It's actually spelled salagadoula and it is a compound world: salaga and doula. Salaga is from the same base word as salad: salagadous, which means plant. a doula is a person who often helps pregnant women through her pregnancies, including the birth. Thus, translated out salagadoula means "plant assisted in birth." Which is what happens in the movie. The pumpkin, a plant, is turned into a carriage, a sort of birth.
Re: Derek
actually, the root of 'salad' goes back to the Latin salāta, which is a past participle of salāre, which means 'to salt'
Re: Derek
However, in the song it does use the word: thingamabob. That is a legit american slang meaning something along the lines of "that thing/ mysterioius object but I don't know what it is called."
Re: Derek
I suggest you stop trying to fool me. My English is a bad reason to make fun of me.
Re: Derek