OT: "Ai kama zimba zimba zayo"

[Wilson Gray]

"... take it to a 'ho' nuvvuh levvuh"

It's the catchphrase of a MadTV actor, one of whose personae is the
stone soul brother who study be ready t' take thangs to "a 'ho' nuvvuh
levvuh" or "to thuh HNL." [aitch. in. ale]

-Wilson

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Mark Mandel<thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks, Mark, I read somewhere or other that Wimoweh was a corruption,
>> mishearing, whatever, of Mbube. Hard to feature that, but you never
>> know. However "uyimbube" takes the question to the HNL. "(A-)Wimoweh"
>> < "uyimbube" is a derivation that I can take at face value.
>>
>> -Wilson
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> HNL = higher __ level ??
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> Mark
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