Okay. Now I'm curious.

[deird_lj]

(This is all beer_good_foamy's fault.)


[Poll #1526051]


Is it a regional thing? A generational thing? Why all the confusion?

Comments

[rahirah]

Is incy wincy even a word?!?!?!

[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

What she said.

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

No, it's a personal name. Incy-wincy Spider, 'Ince' to her friends, 'Ms Spider' on formal occasions.

[deird1]

It's a word that pertains exclusively to spiders you sing about. :)

[next_to_normal]

This.

[jl-in-the-lane.livejournal.com]

We don't sing, "The incy wincy spider" or "An incy wincy spider" but "Incy Wincy spider climbed up the water spout; Down came the rain and washed poor Incy out." - it's her name.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Another point of contention, then. I thought it was 'down came the rain and washed the spider out.'

[jl-in-the-lane.livejournal.com]

Exactly, if 'itsy bitsy' is a description of the spider, that's what you'd say, whereas we say her name again.

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

laaaaaaaaaaame

I mean. I respect cultural differences.

Except when they're wrong.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

This.

Itsy bitsy FTW.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You mean you think Itsy and Bitsy are words? :~P

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Yessss!!! They mean small or tiny. :D