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[taimatsu]

Yumpty-yumpty-yumpty-yum, yumpty-yum, yumpty-yum...

This is the 'Lucy Is Eating Tasty Grapes' song. It is believed to be a derivative work based on the 'Lucy Is Hoiking Things Up The Stairs' song, which goes

Humpty-humpty-humpty-hum, humpty-hum, humpty-hum...

You may notice the similarity.

Said songs are heard only in very specific circumstances; not only must the Lucy be (respectively) eating tasty grapes or hoiking things up the stairs, she must be happy while so doing. These are rare occurrences, to be savoured and enjoyed by the intrepid anthropologist.

Comments

[ixwin.livejournal.com]

(There must be a linguistic name for them, but I don't know it.)

phonemes

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

no; "st" is not a phoneme, it's two phonemes stuck together.

[(Anonymous)]

morphemes