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

[deird1]

Actually, the Brits are all going for "incy wincy". "Eensy weensy" is being chosen by Americans...

[2maggie2.livejournal.com]

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

[deird1]

It's said in a very staccato way. (Think "itsy", but with an N in the middle.)

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

LAAAAAAAME
OURS IS BETTER
I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
:P

[deird1]

OURS IS WAY BETTER. YOU DON'T EVEN GIVE THE POOR SPIDER A NAME.



I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT

...judging by the number of comments to this post, you're not the only one. :)

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

WE DESCRIBE THE SPIDER SO WELL. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW ABOUT 'INCY WINCY'. SHIT NOTHING. WHAT THE FUCK DOES 'INCY WINCY' EVEN MEAN. CLEARLY A RIPOFF OF 'ITSY BITSY' THAT FAILS TO EVEN WORK. IF YOU KNOW THE SPIDER IS SMALL THEN YOU KNOW LIKE SO MUCH ABOUT IT'S PERSONALITY.

...judging by the number of comments to this post, you're not the only one. :)

Hee! Who knew all you had to do to get lots of comments and inspire rousing debates was do a nursery rhyme poll. Clearly this should influence future poll choices. ;)

[deird1]

YEAH WELL YOU PUT AN APOSTROPHE IN THE WRONG PLACE AND MUST DIE!!! HOW DARE YOU PUNCTUATE INCORRECTLY!!!!!



This post is currently 3 comments off becoming my most popular post ever. *didn't expect this*

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

Ooh, really, that's kinda cool.

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

AW CRAP THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT I SWEAR MY ARGUMENT IS FOR TRULIES.


Aww, do you keep count, or is there some way of telling?

(And I suppose now it's two comments away, or possibly it is the most...)

[deird1]

Definitely now the biggest.

(I don't keep count, but I happen to know for a fact that the most comments I've ever had were the 89 on For Spike: A List. That fic was way popular - and half of those comments were me saying "Thanks!")

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Woooooohooooo nursery rhymes!!

Haha, I love looking at comments on my journal and thinking how big it is and then remembering half of them are mine cause I reply to everybody. :DD

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

I'm sure there ought to be some ongoing competition for "Who can come up with the Most Trivial Yet Most Wildly Contested Poll?"

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! Cause making a trivial poll is easy, but making one that people will hotly debate over is hard. :P

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

THIS MEANS WAR. :p

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Yep - but OUR spider, being much bigger than your itsy bitsy one (which I presume is American for small, like the polka dot bikini!,)will KILL your tiny spider and prove us to be right!

You know, it never occurred to me that Americans have weird words for Incy Wincy Spider... Isn't LJ wonderful? :~P