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31 January 2008, 08:23 PM
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Umgawa
Comment: I wanted to verify an old Hollywood rumor of the origin of some
of the language used in the old Tarzan movies. Specifically, the word "umgowa" was used, and I have heard this either came from the background actors' answer to where they were going for lunch (to visit nearby restaurants on Gower street, thus "um, Gower") or the writers' choice of bar locations on the same street (the same response though likely more slurred if alcohol was involved). 
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31 January 2008, 08:28 PM
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I had always heard it as "oongawa." Gary Larsen transliterates it that way in a couple of "The Far Side" strips.
Strongly suspect it's just gibberish. (Can anyone figure out "La Itay Zun" from "The Prisoner?") Silas
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31 January 2008, 08:31 PM
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I admit to doing the Dobie Gillis thing and going away to college to take Swahili, but isn't that Swahili for "Come this way?"
Ali "Jambo, jena longu Mike" Infree
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01 February 2008, 08:53 AM
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01 February 2008, 05:08 PM
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Thanks, I didn't say that I passed Swahili, did I?
Ali "googleplexed" Infree
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