Do You Remember Lemonjello/oranjello brothers?

Do You Remember Lemonjello/oranjello brothers?

I remember Lemonjello/Oranjello brothers because when I greeted them I literally said “Hi Orange Jello and Lemon Jello” as I was young and pronounced their names as I saw them spelled. Their mother quickly corrected me and despite the spelling the name sounded more like Lemongelo and Orangelo if that makes sense.

Is Lemonjello and orangejello the same name?

There’s a famous apocryphal name story that goes around, that some woman named her kids Lemonjello and Orangejello. Heh. Ah, but apparently that’s just the way we Anglos hear it. Monjelo or Monjolo is the actual Spanish surname name, which gets accessorized into LeMonjelo.

Could Lemongello and orangelo have been black children?

But it’s most plausible to think that an Italian family might name their kids Lemongello or Orangelo (avoiding the Hor- of the original spelling, for perfectly obvious reasons). Orangelo might also have come into black families through ancestors or acquaintances from the Caribbean or Hispanic countries.

What is the meaning of lemonjelo?

Monjelo or Monjolo is the actual Spanish surname name, which gets accessorized into LeMonjelo. There are Monjelo Islands in Uruguay, for instance, and a place called Monjolo in Madeira.

What was Nosmo King’s real name?

Vernon Watson (b. 1886, d. 1949) was a well-known British music hall artist before World War I. In the early 1920s, Watson did a “blackface” bit under the fanciful name of Nosmo King.

How did “Nosmo King Smith” come to be?

A mother who was on the lookout for a good name for her child saw on the door of a building the word “Nosmo”. It attracted her, and she decided that she would adopt it. Some time later, passing the same building, she saw the name “King” on another door. She thought the two would sound well together, and so the boy was baptized, “Nosmo King Smith”.