Speaking of creepy nursery rhymes
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
I think most of those derivations have been debunked in the UK. I'm fascinated with the differences between "Ring a ring of roses" in the UK and "Ring around the Rosie" in the US. The British verion goes: >Ring a ring of roses >a pocket full of posies >Atishoo, atishoo >We all fall down.
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
It's not just nursery rhymes, even kids TV shows
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Over the hills and far away, Teletubbies come to play .... Time for teletubbies, time for teletubbies, time for teletubbies.... Tinkywinky. "Tinkywinky!" Dipsy. "Dipsy!" Laalaa. "Laalaa!" Po. "Po!" Teletubbies. "Teletubbies!" Say, Heeeeee-lo! "Eh-oh!"
In this song "Teletubbies" actually refers to Queen Mary I and "come to play" really means to "execute". The "Time for teletubbies" line repeated three times refers to three noblemen she had executed. "Tinkywinky", "Dispsy" and "Laalaa" refer to three executioners she employed and "Say Heeeeeee-lo" means "Say googbuy to your head". If you want to see other creepy children's tales look at Struwwelpeter.
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It's not just nursery rhymes, even kids TV shows
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Over the hills and far away, Teletubbies come to play .... Time for teletubbies, time for teletubbies, time for teletubbies.... Tinkywinky. "Tinkywinky!" Dipsy. "Dipsy!" Laalaa. "Laalaa!" Po. "Po!" Teletubbies. "Teletubbies!" Say, Heeeeee-lo! "Eh-oh!"
In this song "Teletubbies" actually refers to Queen Mary I and "come to play" really means to "execute". The "Time for teletubbies" line repeated three times refers to three noblemen she had executed. "Tinkywinky", "Dispsy" and "Laalaa" refer to three executioners she employed and "Say Heeeeeee-lo" means "Say googbuy to your head". If you want to see other creepy children's tales look at Struwwelpeter.
And when the heads fell in the po, she cooked them and ate them. But let's not get started on Barney's songs or sesame street -- way too horrific, even for the Soapbox
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I think most of those derivations have been debunked in the UK. I'm fascinated with the differences between "Ring a ring of roses" in the UK and "Ring around the Rosie" in the US. The British verion goes: >Ring a ring of roses >a pocket full of posies >Atishoo, atishoo >We all fall down.
========================================================= I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka. =========================================================
Chris Quinn wrote:
I'm fascinated with the differences between "Ring a ring of roses" in the UK and "Ring around the Rosie" in the US.
American version I learned:
Ring around the rosie Pocket full of posie Ashes, ashes, We all fall down
First two lines: a ring around a red blister, which was filled with puss HTH, -Chris C.