1/4/2023 0 Comments Eenie meenie miney mo game![]() ![]() Variations of this rhyme, with the nonsense/counting first line have been collected since the 1820s, such as this Scottish one. Eena meena mina mo, Where do all the Frenchmen go? To the East and to the West, To the bonny birdie's nest Apples in the garden, fishes in the sea, if you want a pretty girl please choose me! The most common English form seems to be Eena, Meena, Mona, My, Barcelona, Bona, stry, Air, ware, frum, dy, Aracy, baraca, we, wo, wackīut there is a well-entrenched version, collected from Durham. He also found a similar rhyme in German: Ene, tene, mone, mei, Pastor, lone, bone, strei, Ene, fune, herke, berke, Wer? Wie? Wo? Was? The rhyme seems to have been unknown in England among collectors until the late nineteenth century, although it was found by Henry Bolton in the US, Ireland and Scotland in the 1880s. The first American record of a similar rhyme is from about 1815, when children in New York are said to have repeated the rhyme: Hana, man, mona, mike Barcelona, bona, strike Hare, ware, frown, vanac Harrico, warico, we wo, wac. Occasionally the line copies ' Ip dip': Not because you're dirty, Not because you're clean, Just because you kissed a boy/girl behind the magazine. Sometimes additional lines are added at the end of the rhyme to draw out or manipulate the selection process or make it seem less predetermined, such as: My mother told me/says to pick the very best one, And that is Y-O-U (alternative: And you are it! or "You dirty, dirty, dish rag, YOU!" There are many common variations, such as replacing tiger with "piggy", "tinker", "tigger", "chicken", "monkey", "baby", "spider", or a two-syllable name and changing the verb in the third line to "screams", "wiggles", "squeals" or another verb. ![]() If he hollers, let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. So, many times my posts are not very successful and I feel they would be better in Spanish but I try it hard in English.A common modern version is: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Catch a tiger by the toe. Well, It was quite a long time ago and I can't tell you exactly but I can assure you that I always think about what I am going to write and try to prepare it thoroughly, it involves information first and then writing it in English, which is not my mother language as you can see and it requires a further effort. Thanks a lot for your comments.I'd like to answer the kind commentator who asks me how long did it take me to write this post. This post was interesting, how long did it take you to write? Good point, though sometimes it's hard to arrive to definite conclusions ![]() Well, I am a child but I have lost my voice. If I were a child I would like singing and singing that lirycs. Era fácil, sólo tenías que mirar tu espejo. La flor del post anterior es preciosa ¿no se te parece a alguien? ¡¡¡SÍIIIIIIII!!!!! adivinaste. ¡Lastima que no pueda enterarme bien de lo que pone tu post. ![]()
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