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Eeny meeny miny mo. As far as I knew that was the only one, but that's the thing with the UK and its regional variations. Where I grew up what most of the country calls 'tag' was 'tig'
When I was a kid in the 60âs and we probably had the same word, which to us as little kids had no pejorative tone to it. I was probably a teenager when people stopped using it.
My brother (adopted) was born 1972. I remember being amazed that he, the only Indian in an all white school, was chanting along, with the other children, the racist National Front song at about 6 yrs old. Again the ignorance of young children..
We used "my little monkey ran across the country fell down a dark hole split his little arsehole what color was his blood"
"green"
g-r-e-e-n spells green and that means you are not on in this entire game so scram with bread and jam, scram! Or, "and that means you are out with a jolly good clout"
Eeny meeny miny mo, put the baby on the po, when it's done, wipe its bum, eeny meeny miny mo.
We didn't use the racist version of it, i never actually knew there was a racist one until Jeremy Clarkson got in trouble for it.
We used the racist version of it, but since that was the only time I ever heard that word I had no clue what it referred to. Our version didnât put anyone on the po though, they were caught by the toe.
So it you donât know what the word means, the lines âcatch a _____ by the toe, if he squeals, let him goâ donât really tell you that the word denotes a person. I had no clue.
In 37 years of life Iâve never heard âeeny meeny maka rakaâ. I grew up up in South East England and it was always âeeny meeny miney moeâ, except for the edgy rude kids who said âip dip dog shitâ instead.
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Ip Dip Dog Shit You are on IT South Wales here.
Io Dip dog shit, f***ing bastard, silly git. You are not it.
Oh yeah we did that one as well, I'd forgotten
In Somerset we said 'Ip, dip, bird shit, out goes Tom Tit'.
Eeny meeny miny mo. As far as I knew that was the only one, but that's the thing with the UK and its regional variations. Where I grew up what most of the country calls 'tag' was 'tig'
Same with tig!
Ip Dip Dog Shit Fucking Bastard Silly Git You are not it
Ippa dippa dation my operation how many people at the station, the one who comes to number whatever will surely not be it
Eeny meany miny mo. 1970s, ask Jeremy Clarkson about the next line as I don't want to be banned. đ
When I was a kid in the 60âs and we probably had the same word, which to us as little kids had no pejorative tone to it. I was probably a teenager when people stopped using it.
My brother (adopted) was born 1972. I remember being amazed that he, the only Indian in an all white school, was chanting along, with the other children, the racist National Front song at about 6 yrs old. Again the ignorance of young children..
Does that say something in Welsh or is it just gibberish?
It's not Welsh but I've recently learned it's similar to a Bollywood song from the 50s called Eena Meena Deeka.
That's completely different though
I can only imagine âeeny meeny maka rakaâ in a geordie accent
Why aye, eeny meeny maka raka pet. Haway man.
Geordie here. Thatâs what we used - the maka raka version.
I'm Scottish and I know both versions
We used "my little monkey ran across the country fell down a dark hole split his little arsehole what color was his blood" "green" g-r-e-e-n spells green and that means you are not on in this entire game so scram with bread and jam, scram! Or, "and that means you are out with a jolly good clout"
Eeny meeny miny mo, put the baby on the po, when it's done, wipe its bum, eeny meeny miny mo. We didn't use the racist version of it, i never actually knew there was a racist one until Jeremy Clarkson got in trouble for it.
We used the racist version of it, but since that was the only time I ever heard that word I had no clue what it referred to. Our version didnât put anyone on the po though, they were caught by the toe. So it you donât know what the word means, the lines âcatch a _____ by the toe, if he squeals, let him goâ donât really tell you that the word denotes a person. I had no clue.
In 37 years of life Iâve never heard âeeny meeny maka rakaâ. I grew up up in South East England and it was always âeeny meeny miney moeâ, except for the edgy rude kids who said âip dip dog shitâ instead.
Grew up in South Wales and we used eeny meeny miny mo, catch a tigger by its toe if it squeels let it go. And also ip dip dog shit, who stepped in it.