しまじろうしまじろうって言ってた

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[子供の名前]は最近までしまじろうしまじろうって言ってたのに、ちょっと大人になったのかな。

What does しまじろうしまじろうって言ってた mean??

Thanks.

Proposed translations (English)

3 +4	(just) used to chatter about Shimajiro.	KathyT
5	...said,	moru531 (X)

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Oct 20, 2009 00:39: KathyT changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Discussion

conejo (asker) Oct 19, 2009:

Post it as an answer!! Hehe. Thanks for the explanation... I figured it was something along those lines that I was not aware of, rather than a linguistic thing.

KathyT Oct 19, 2009:

Shimajiro is a popular children's character. He's a tiger (striped → shima :-) ) from one of the Benesse children's educational series. Parents sign up for an age-appropriate subscription and magazines/DVDs and sometimes other learning tools are delivered every month.
http://tinyurl.com/yzfe6ek
So maybe the child has 'graduated' from Shimajiro (-level play/discussion) and ちょっと大人になった？

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(just) used to chatter about Shimajiro.

I would probably paraphrase it slightly:
Until recently, [kid's name] only ever used to talk about (that kiddy character,) Shimajiro. S/he must be getting bigger/growing up...

Peer comment(s):

agree	Tina Wooden : The repetitive nature can be expressed as, "every other word he/she used was Shimajiro" 2 hrs
agree	Tokyo_Moscow : Oh yes, Shimajiro! Hi Kathy))) Was nice seeing you the other day. 2 hrs
agree	Kurt Hammond : I'm going with this one. I think he is talking about Shimajiro all the time rather than something Shimajiro said. Paraphrase as "Shimajiro this, Shimajiro that!" 5 hrs
agree	Lianne Wilson : This has the meaning, but for style I quite like Kurt's suggestion, actually! 6 hrs

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moru531 (X)

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...said,

しまじろう is the name of a tiger cub, a mascot character of correspondence learning courses for children created by Benesse Holdings, Inc. There is also cartoon series on TV based on this character. This kid must have been a great fan of him.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-10-20 00:27:40 GMT)
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I meant to type:

...said, "Shimajiro, Shimajiro."

Reference:

http://www.shimajiro.co.jp/

http://www.webtsc.com/prog/anime/shimajiro/

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