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Post: #1 (ID: 56)   PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2002 12:21 pm    Karma this post: (+0 -0)  
Post subject:  		  Posted from: South Africa Reply with quote
I am South African and stumbled across your web site whilst looking for an appropriate name for mine. Can you or someone tell me more or point me to a place where I can learn more about the origin of the name? My last name/surname is Mumble and I would like to know more about the origin of this surname. We are the only family with the Mumble surname in South Africa and it has been rumoured that its roots are in Wales or in the Americas.

My email address is 'dmumble@mweb.co.za'. If there is anyone who can provide any info, I would be quite happy to hear from you.

Thanks.
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Post: #2 (ID: 57)   PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2002 7:01 pm    Karma this post: (+0 -0)  
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Hey dmumble,
Mumbles is small town just along the coast from Swansea in the south of Wales, in the UK. It's a rugged coastline with rocky heads and dotted with beautiful sandy beaches and a favorite with sufers. But bring your wet suit it is COLD!! No wimps here.There is a pub every fifty feet or so and the Welsh are a mystical people who sing at the tops of their voices, play rugby like madmen and are just too cool. Check out others Welsh sites.
Peter, Burlinton,Ontario,Canada
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Post: #3 (ID: 58)   PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2002 10:58 am    Karma this post: (+0 -0)  
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Hi Mumble !
My mother used to say : Mumbles was named after the shape of the Mumbles head and the lighthouse giving that mamary look hence the name. But is it true I don't know but it was great for me to spend some time there !!!!
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Post: #4 (ID: 59)   PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 12:54 am    Karma this post: (+0 -0)  
Post subject:  		  Posted from: United Kingdom Reply with quote
The name comes from the french word for "tits" because the skyline looks like a pair of tits!

Check out the silhouette above!
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Post: #5 (ID: 85)   PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 3:49 pm    Karma this post: (+0 -0)  
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Strangely enough, the last poster is correct. Mumbles is a corruption of mamelles, the French for breasts. The reason is apparent if you look at the profile of the shoreline.
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Post: #6 (ID: 102)   PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 2:03 am    Karma this post: (+0 -0)  
Post subject:  		  Posted from: Wales Reply with quote
Mumble sounds more like mamellon for "tits" that mamelle = udder
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Post: #7 (ID: 103)   PostPosted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 8:52 pm    Karma this post: (+0 -0)  
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hiya ppl! i am ellie, a 13 yr old girl from bristol,just the other side of the bridge can i just say mumbles is one of the mot beautiful places in the world, my stepmum is welsh, and grew up in ABERTAWE!! (swansea) and lived in mumbles. She used to get a joe's every day in the summer and she was a member of the LangLand Bay lifeguards, she even went to Canada with them!! in the 70's! my dad however is zimbabwean! isnt my family mixed! http://www.joes-icecream.com wanna learn about the history! visit this!!! just a lil infomation to u guys, the white speck on the pic behind, is mumbles lighthouse!!!
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Post: #8 (ID: 124)   PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:59 am    Karma this post: (+0 -0)  
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Log on to themumblesbook.com for lots of current information
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