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strange names

Bongo. Oryx. Eland. Dik-dik. Kudu.

What do the above words have in common? (No fair researching them)

A. Musical instruments.

B. Exotic fruit.

C. Words in Swahili.

D. Antelopes.

E. African cities.

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  1. They sound like fringe web site names, but I think they’re musical instruments. Or at least, I know a bongo is a drum.

      » Comment by Jan on August 25, 2003 @ 6:36 am

  2. I thought a bongo was drug paraphernalia. Out of the choices, I’m guessing C. Words in Swahili.

      » Comment by Kristine on August 25, 2003 @ 7:00 am

  3. I’m going with C. C what I mean?

      » Comment by Renee on August 25, 2003 @ 7:56 am

  4. I’ll say African Cities. A word like Dik-dik has to be a city, it just has to be.

      » Comment by jason on August 25, 2003 @ 7:57 am

  5. I vote for A.

      » Comment by Cameron on August 25, 2003 @ 8:23 am

  6. No, I take that back. A Dik-dik sounds like a type of deer-like animal, so I now officially go with D.

      » Comment by Cameron on August 25, 2003 @ 8:24 am

  7. Kudu sounds like fruit… Nope, I’m sticking with A.

    Oh wait, have I head about an Eland Antelope before? In Canada maybe? I’m not sure, but I do know that a bongo is a drum. That’s probably intentionally misleading… I guess I’m still with A.

      » Comment by Jan on August 25, 2003 @ 8:53 am

  8. I’m guessing D, because Dan’s been on a thing about funky-named animals lately, especially the Dik-Dik.

      » Comment by Levi on August 25, 2003 @ 9:04 am

  9. The answer is in fact D, Antelopes. I saw an Addax recently and was surprised at how cool the name sounded. I did some research and found some of these rather strange names. Who comes up with those names anyway?

      » Comment by dan on August 25, 2003 @ 9:26 am

  10. Dan, I am sure that Addax will eventually be a common baby name in Utah, right Jan? ;)

      » Comment by Renee on August 25, 2003 @ 11:44 am

  11. I think Eland already is. Kudu has potential.

      » Comment by Jan on August 25, 2003 @ 1:13 pm

  12. Dang! I thought it was C.

      » Comment by Mel on August 25, 2003 @ 1:21 pm

  13. Renee: That’s not a bad idea. I would love to hear that family introduced. This is Addax, then Eland, Kudu and little Oryx is only three months old.

    It would be hard to tell the gender from the name though, so if the child had the “SNL Pat” syndrome, it could be in for a very unpleasant childhood.

      » Comment by dan on August 25, 2003 @ 1:38 pm

  14. Half those crazy UT names are already difficult to figure gender on. And what about poor souls named Nephi that move East and have to chronically correct those calling them Neffy?

      » Comment by Renee on August 25, 2003 @ 3:58 pm

  15. I live in Lehi now, and there’s a lot of weird names in my branch. However, in regards to the quiz, “I win, I win” (Ok, name that movie).

    How long you been in this country?
    4 days.
    Nice work!
    (Dan knows this movie)

      » Comment by Cameron on August 26, 2003 @ 8:54 am

  16. Shanghai Noon of course.

      » Comment by dan on August 26, 2003 @ 10:08 am

  17. they all sound like names you would find in the book of Mormon!

      » Comment by whaleman on August 26, 2003 @ 12:52 pm

  18. Dan, you got the second movie correct. The first movie is “Big Daddy” with Adam Sandler.

      » Comment by Cameron on August 27, 2003 @ 7:53 am

  19. In the antelope family what are the babies ,males, and females called PLEASE

      » Comment by Alan Foulkes on September 5, 2003 @ 5:38 pm

  20. The female is called a doe, the male is a buck and the baby is a calf. (via animal terms)

      » Comment by dan on September 6, 2003 @ 2:31 am

  21. I would say D. An Oryx, even though it’s an african game animal like the others, is much larger than an antelope. Tastes better too

      » Comment by kevin on September 10, 2003 @ 10:01 am

  22. definetely D

      » Comment by xxx on September 28, 2003 @ 8:32 pm

  23. dik dik and kudu are antelope but bongo is a drum so i choose C

      » Comment by xxx on September 28, 2003 @ 8:35 pm

  24. Antelopes

      » Comment by Sam on September 29, 2003 @ 7:05 am

  25. oryx & dik-diks are antelope so D although they could be names of antelope in Swahili, so maybe C?

      » Comment by Jessica on October 5, 2003 @ 10:39 am

  26. They are antelope indigenous to Africa.

      » Comment by Shiirley-Dean on October 6, 2003 @ 7:22 am

  27. Just by looking at them, I’m going to stick with D. I know what an Oryx is, so I figure D might be the one. I was going to go with C, but changed my mind.

      » Comment by rei A on October 14, 2003 @ 9:46 am

  28. They are all types of african dwelling antelops of the plains of the serenghetti-mahabahhwoo-laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-bing.blarp

      » Comment by maddie astonhead on October 29, 2003 @ 6:18 pm

  29. They are all instruments, of course.

      » Comment by Mythili on November 18, 2003 @ 3:05 am

  30. Duh. Antelopes, most (or all) are from Africa.

      » Comment by Susan on December 23, 2003 @ 4:50 pm

  31. It’s D, they’re all antelopes. How do I know? Let;s just say I watch a helluva lot of Discovery Television.

      » Comment by Anonymous on January 5, 2004 @ 12:17 pm

  32. well on my last visit to africa a Kudu was an antelope, but then again a bongo is a drum…?

      » Comment by speck on April 18, 2004 @ 9:53 am

  33. they’re all types of antelopes. TRUST me, the bongo is not only a drum, but a mammal as well! bwahahahahahahahahahaa

      » Comment by laura on April 22, 2004 @ 9:56 pm

  34. D
    antelopes, although bongo is also a village in Ghana and an instrument, all the others are antelopes

      » Comment by joanne on May 16, 2004 @ 4:42 am

  35. i vote for A just feels like the right one

      » Comment by mike on May 20, 2004 @ 3:36 pm

  36. They’re all antelopes

      » Comment by Lee on June 22, 2004 @ 7:30 am

  37. Wow!! This is like, such an easy question, they are all antelopes of course!!!

      » Comment by Seventh Grade Girl on October 15, 2004 @ 10:25 am

  38. erm… duh. I’m a seventh grader and even I know the answer to that one. OK sure Im obsessed with discovery channel, but that’s irrelevant. the answer is, as many other people have realized by now, D or antelopes. Gees… that was easy.

      » Comment by another seventh grader on September 3, 2007 @ 2:24 pm

  39. hey i dont know why im on this site i was trying to find awhole bunch of wierd names for my bff so we could laugh about them and make fun of them but somehow i got to THIS ps its d, DUHHHHH

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:35 pm

  40. hey, is anyone even on right now besides me

    what if someone named their child ping-ping omg

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:37 pm

  41. friday was my birthday not that anyone cares anyway im bored

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:39 pm

  42. im the only one on aren’t i?

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:39 pm

  43. yeah, thought so

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:40 pm

  44. im also having a conversation with myself,huh?

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:41 pm

  45. if anyone is here, scroll to the bottom and post a comment PLEASE

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:42 pm

  46. PLEASE PLEASE

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:42 pm

  47. iv posted the last 8 comments

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:43 pm

  48. bing aling a ding ding adooka dooka doo laaaaaaa i like pie

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:44 pm

  49. my bff said to

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:44 pm

  50. wow i am bored

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:45 pm

  51. her dogs about to pee on her

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:46 pm

  52. omg

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:46 pm

  53. i didnt do my homework yet

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:47 pm

  54. ill make up a stupid wierd sentence

    my bff is about to cry laughing cause her dog is singing more like screaming she watching cash cab there is an ugly guy who looks like her dogs butt shes screaming poko coko while her dogs biting her lord take me now her dog took a sock from her shes laughing and screaming wow i am bored

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:53 pm

  55. here is my wierd sentence the pig flew up to the ground

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:54 pm

  56. where little phone books frolicked happily in the sky on the purple grass in the water in the sky

    sweet

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 17, 2007 @ 3:55 pm

  57. hiiii i want to introduce you to my little dog pokey his mentally challenged cousin sparkey jumped off the porch and landed on a pile of bricks ow BOOM
    pokey is looking at me like my head is on backwards when i say his name

      » Comment by fifth grade girl's bff on September 17, 2007 @ 4:00 pm

  58. hey

      » Comment by fifth grade girl's bff on September 17, 2007 @ 4:01 pm

  59. hey you konw waht’s wreid tihs is all jmbueld up but smoe popele can raed it, all you have to do is keep the frist and lsat lterets the smae and you mghit be albe to raed tihs!!

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 18, 2007 @ 1:17 pm

  60. okay starting with comment 57 its tuesday and im back

    this lets you know how bored i really am

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on September 18, 2007 @ 1:19 pm

  61. well now it is october and i am back. im so pathetic.

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 9, 2007 @ 3:09 pm

  62. the time is wrong

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 9, 2007 @ 3:10 pm

  63. its actually about 6:10 pm

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 9, 2007 @ 3:10 pm

  64. if i were to post some of my most deepest darkest secerets right now, no one would be able to see them, because i am a poor loser who has nothing else to do with her time but talk to herself in some retarded antelope chat room sort of thing.

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 9, 2007 @ 3:12 pm

  65. no one else is ever going to be on this thing, i bet you a million dollars that when i am 51 years old, 40 years from now, my comments from now, when im 11 will be the latest ones. OMG whatta ya wanna bet?

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 9, 2007 @ 3:15 pm

  66. who the crap am i talking to?

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 9, 2007 @ 3:15 pm

  67. hey, if anyone ever does get on this, to hear my story go to comment 39

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 9, 2007 @ 3:17 pm

  68. see ya later self

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 9, 2007 @ 3:23 pm

  69. no one will ever be on this thing besides me

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:44 pm

  70. well maybe my best friend catherine will be on sometime

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:46 pm

  71. fifth grade girl’s bff is her

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:46 pm

  72. but i typed everything and just changed the name for a little while

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:47 pm

  73. hi im bored

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:47 pm

  74. duh

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:48 pm

  75. pie

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:48 pm

  76. hi

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:48 pm

  77. starting with comment 39…. thats me. that makes…. 37 comments.

    76
    -39
    _____
    37

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:52 pm

  78. if i added right…..

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:52 pm

  79. hummmmm…..

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:53 pm

  80. im meditating…..

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:53 pm

  81. bye bye bye!!!

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:54 pm

  82. (now it’s more than 37!)

      » Comment by fifth grade girl on October 27, 2007 @ 2:55 pm

  83. yo.

    you sounded bored.
    I’ve come to join you here.
    sorry to make you lose your bet.

    its boring here.

    ciao~

      » Comment by ninth grade girl on May 21, 2008 @ 1:34 pm


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