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Okay. Now I'm curious.
(This is all beer_good_foamy's fault.)
[Poll #1526051]
Is it a regional thing? A generational thing? Why all the confusion?
[Poll #1526051]
Is it a regional thing? A generational thing? Why all the confusion?
OK. Incy wincy is just as silly! It also lacks the staccato to play off the spou*t*. I won't defend American often, but this is a no-brainer!!! :P
Edited 2010-02-16 04:16 (UTC)
Another point of contention, then. I thought it was 'down came the rain and washed the spider out.'
It's itsy bitsy!!!!
*stands firm*
*stands firm*
Exactly, if 'itsy bitsy' is a description of the spider, that's what you'd say, whereas we say her name again.
That's so...bizarre. Truly.
My childhood has just been cast into an ugly yellow light of half-truths, drug cartels and Jerry Springer.
My childhood has just been cast into an ugly yellow light of half-truths, drug cartels and Jerry Springer.
JL pulls the 'I'VE GOT AN EXPERT OPINION' card
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jl-in-the-lane.livejournal.com
2010-02-16 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
My 3 year-old kinder teacher friend reckons that her students would find 'itsy bitsy spider' rather difficult to say and that 'incy wincy spider' therefore works better as a nursery rhyme for children of tender years.
Adults, however, are free to sing it however they choose. :P
SO THERE.
Adults, however, are free to sing it however they choose. :P
SO THERE.
Re: JL pulls the 'I'VE GOT AN EXPERT OPINION' card
jl-in-the-lane.livejournal.com
2010-02-16 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
*feels good that people can still get passionate about nursery rhymes - it restores her faith in the world*
As in Itsy Bitsy, Teeney Weeney Yellow Pokerdot Bikini? Totally a 50's song. The rhyme predates that by centuries! :-)
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini was released in 1960 and has nothing at all to do with Itsy Bitsy Spider.
Also, did you know that Itsy Bitsy Spider was released as a song once?
Also, did you know that Itsy Bitsy Spider was released as a song once?
There are a few versions of Incy Wincy Spider on the internet, here is one http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-incy-wincy.htm
It is said in a sing-song voice, so often used as as song.
The only time I heard the expression Itsy Bitsy was in that song, not used in the UK.
It is said in a sing-song voice, so often used as as song.
The only time I heard the expression Itsy Bitsy was in that song, not used in the UK.
Australia isn't known for particularly big spiders — just particularly evil ones. The big ones, the huntsmans and daddy-long-legs-es, don't bite, they just (huntsmans at least) scare you. The funnel-webs, white-tails and redbacks are the dangerous ones, and they're all INCY-WINCY.
And you thought I wasn't going to be relevant.
And you thought I wasn't going to be relevant.
Imse Vimse Spindel klättrar uppför trån
Ner faller regnet, spola spindeln bort
Upp stiger solen, torkar bort allt regn
Imse Vimse Spindel klättrar upp igen
Clearly, "incy wincy" is closer to the real version. Personally, I'm glad some English speakers are at least close. Maybe there's hope for you people yet.
Ner faller regnet, spola spindeln bort
Upp stiger solen, torkar bort allt regn
Imse Vimse Spindel klättrar upp igen
Clearly, "incy wincy" is closer to the real version. Personally, I'm glad some English speakers are at least close. Maybe there's hope for you people yet.
Edited 2010-02-16 06:36 (UTC)
Hee. Hebrew has a version (http://www.flix.co.il/tapuz/showVideo.asp?m=3273135) for this nursery rhyme. It basically goes "A small spider climbed on the wall / the raindrops drove him away from here / Suddenly came the sun / Dried up the whole garden / A small spider climbed on the wall". Apparently there's another version, but I'm not familiar with it. :D
|Meduza|
|Meduza|
Huntsmen FREAK ME OUT.
As for funnelwebs, white-tails and redbacks - I refuse to admit they exist. They're too scary to contemplate.
DaddyLongLegs are interesting, though, because when I was staying in Britain, they also had DLLs, but they weren't spiders, they were gigantic flying mosquitoes. Kinda. DREADFUL things.
As for funnelwebs, white-tails and redbacks - I refuse to admit they exist. They're too scary to contemplate.
DaddyLongLegs are interesting, though, because when I was staying in Britain, they also had DLLs, but they weren't spiders, they were gigantic flying mosquitoes. Kinda. DREADFUL things.
It's hämä-hämähäkki! :D
(when your word for spider is 'hämähäkki', you don't need itsy-bitsys or incy-wincys to fill out the line)
Also, is Finnish the only language where the rhyme has more than one verse? Because we have four - two about the spider, one about an ant and one about a cricket.
(when your word for spider is 'hämähäkki', you don't need itsy-bitsys or incy-wincys to fill out the line)
Also, is Finnish the only language where the rhyme has more than one verse? Because we have four - two about the spider, one about an ant and one about a cricket.
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