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[Kilrogg]

As a non-native speaker, this blows my mind. Never knew "incy wincy" was real.

It's easy to confuse the two because they can look similar but a biscuit is this lovely light buttery flaky cloud of heaven and a scone is a horrible sad angry rock.

I had to stifle a laugh at work because somehow the choice of words and rhythm of this sentence are perfect to me. Plus for some reason I keep reading "a scone is a horrible sad angry cock", and that's even funnier. Thanks, man.

 

[the_darkness]

Incy Wincy.

It's his fucking name!

 

[Zero-ELEC]

It's actually Thor: The Dark World.

 

[Monochromaticx]

The blooming, bloody spider

the lyrics of the metal cover

 

[Trike]

Sounds nice. But nothing can beat a lovely jam and cream scone.

That's JAM, not jelly.

Jam:


Jelly:

Jam and Jelly that both look like your picture of jam are two entirely different things.

Oh also the original version of the song is the "blooming, bloody spider" so the off-putting pride in a regional difference is weird.

 

[SirRattleBalls]

Some silly Americans getting their just desserts in here.

Speaking of dessert... geez I could go for some pudding right now.

It's way better than this shitty cup of cheap custard.

Dont spill the pudding on your pants

 

[Morat]

While we are at it, these are fucking biscuits.

Damn right. Bourbons are the food of the gods.

 

[_Rob_]

Damn right. Bourbons are the food of the gods.

Either that or a lovely garibaldi.

 

[akira28]

both, one is baby talk, and the other is baby, baby talk

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

I've always said and heard itsy bitsy (US) but I think incy wincy should be acceptable as well. They're both baby words that mean tiny afaik.

 

[Boem]

I was looking for an authoritative opinion, so here's Sesame Street. According to them it's...Eensy Weensy...

https://youtu.be/G-OVHqATkE4

 

[rekameohs]

You can't even convince me that "incy wincy" is an actual thing.

 

[Elaugaufein]

Itsy bitsy.

Incy wincy, fuck this shit.

Its eensy-weensy, meaning tiny, derived from teensy-weensey not incy wincy.

I've heard both variations in Queensland, Australian, I think eensy-weency is the one I've heard most thought, that was as a child in the late eighties to mid 90s.

 

[playingwithfire]

We were taught Incy Wincy, UK.

Yep

 

[excelsiorlef]

The Thor 2: Dark World Spider went up the Asgard spout
Down came Ragnarok and washed the Spider out
Up came Valhalla and dried up all the pain
And the Thor 2: Dark World Spider went up spout again

 

[WordAssassin]

As a non-native speaker, this blows my mind. Never knew "incy wincy" was real.



I had to stifle a laugh at work because somehow the choice of words and rhythm of this sentence are perfect to me. Plus for some reason I keep reading "a scone is a horrible sad angry cock", and that's even funnier. Thanks, man.

Ahahahahahaha

I'm stoned (the pot kind not the drunk kind you treacherous outsiders) and that is magnificent.

Speaking of though what's the non-USA word for being high? Or is that somehow universal?

 

[moggio]

incy wincy.

Itsy bitsy was the teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini.

Yes.

 

[m3k]

incy wincy aus/nz... we got it from UK

am a primary school teacher i teach it to children as incy wincy... fight me

 

[Dusk Golem]

The Itsy Bitsy Spider crawled up the water spout
Down came the rain, and washed the spider out
Up came the sun, and dried up all the rain
So the Itsy Bitsy Spider crawled up the spout again

Also;

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

incy wincy.

Itsy bitsy was the teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini.

Spot on. UK here and it's Incy Wincy all day long. I'll accept Thor 2 as the next best answer though.

 

[Boem]

Speaking of though what's the non-USA word for being high? Or is that somehow universal?

"Dancing with the devil".

"Being off your tits".

"Going swimming with Bowie."

Spoiler

High is the universal term.

 

[Dusk Golem]

So I just looked into it,


APPARENTLY, the origin is neither Itsy Bitsy or Incy Wincy, it's ACTUALLY...

Blooming. Bloody Spider

No really, here is apparently where the poem sprung from, originally from Camp and Camino in Lower California (1910) known simply as "Spider Song":

Oh, the blooming, bloody spider went up the spider web,
The blooming, bloody rain came down and washed the spider out,
The blooming, bloody sun came out and dried up all the rain,
And the blooming, bloody spider came up the web again.

It originated from America and spread worldwide, and the song changed form. Apparently Itsy Bitsy also predates Incy Wincy.

 

[MilkyJoe]

Damn right. Bourbons are the food of the gods.

We have them for free at work

Along with custard creams, digestives, and a few others that you'd know but I'm not sure what they are called.

 

[Alienfan]

Incy Wincy. Itsy bitsy doesn't roll off the tongue at all

 

[redmetal86]

The Green Goblin knows the answer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLmqMib8ewA

Pretty sure there are no versions of him saying Incy Wincy.

 

[Leflus]

It's "Lille Petter Edderkopp".

Get it right, people.

 

[mrklaw]

I demand a picture of a spider wearing a polka dot bikini


Also it is incy wincy - at least for me in England. Maybe that changed slowly as we got exposed to more American versions?

 

[MilkyJoe]

I demand a picture of a spider wearing a polka dot bikini


Also it is incy wincy - at least for me in England. Maybe that changed slowly as we got exposed to more American versions?

No, it's still Incy Wincy here. They just change stuff for words they already know.

 

[bitbydeath]

Apparently Itsy Bitsy also predates Incy Wincy.

So incy wincy is the improved version.

 

[Dusk Golem]

I demand a picture of a spider wearing a polka dot bikini


Also it is incy wincy - at least for me in England. Maybe that changed slowly as we got exposed to more American versions?

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Incy Wincy, you traitors.

 

[Jimnymebob]

It's Incy Wincy Spider.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Incy wincy

inb4 someone brings up Mandela Effect

 

[KennyLinder]

Incy Wincy

 

[wedca]

It originated from America and spread worldwide, and the song changed form. Apparently Itsy Bitsy also predates Incy Wincy.

Case closed. Look upon the United States' cultural domination and weep.

Please, other nations, create more and better content and export it!

 

[amanset]

Actually now I am starting to doubt myself.

Shit.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Case closed. Look upon the United States' cultural domination and weep.

Please, other nations, create more and better content and export it!

 

[_Rob_]

Case closed. Look upon the United States' cultural domination and weep.

Please, other nations, create more and better content and export it!

Quality over quantity. Feel free to keep Piers Morgan though.

 

[amanset]

While we are at it, these are fucking biscuits.

.

 

[ClivePwned]

I always knew it as Itsy Bitsy spider. Can't ever remember incy wincy (australia)

 

[gustave154]

Incy Wincy spider is superior

 

[IdreamofHIME]

People said it would be trump,Putin or Brexit that would divide Gaf.

But in the end, the civil war was caused by a fictional spider in a fucking pipe.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

I always knew it as Itsy Bitsy spider. Can't ever remember incy wincy (australia)

pls

 

[The Real Abed]

It's Barenstein.

 

[_Rob_]

.

You seem to have mistaken a Jaffa CAKE for a biscuit.

 

[munchie64]

And Australia, and new Zealand and...

Play School said Itsy Bitsy, so that's what I know.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Incy Wincy spider is superior

No you're thinking of this spider

 

[Zen Aku]

Come on OP. It's obviously the "thory dory spider"

 

[Mr_Appleby]

Don't come the raw prawn with me OP, it's both and you know it.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

It's Barenstein.