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The spider who climbed the water spout.


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The spider who climbed the water spout  

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  1. 1. What do you call the spider?

    • Incy wincy
      22
    • Itsy bitsy
      83
    • Other
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My niece was listening to her nursery rhymes earlier and it occurred to me that they called the spider incy wincy, which think is just wrong. What do you think?

 

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Anthracite_Impreza

Incy wincy here

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Duke Memphis

Itsy bitsy.

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Grumpy Alien

I was surprised to find the British version is incy wincy. It just sounds ridiculous.

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40 minutes ago, Jade Cross said:

Wait, what? Ive always heard this song as "the itsy bitsy spider". Wheres this incy wincy shennanigans coming from? 😲

Incy wincy was used in the video my niece was watching, I'd never heard incy wincy before that. I just sounds so wrong

 

28 minutes ago, disGraceful said:

I was surprised to find the British version is incy wincy. It just sounds ridiculous.

Wait, that's the British version? Are you sure? I've never heard it that way before, and it was an American company that made the video I heard it on

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Anthracite_Impreza

Yes, we say incy wincy. I've never heard itsy bitsy in my life.

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Duke Memphis

There's either a culture clash, or there's some universe crossing going on.

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Grumpy Alien
1 hour ago, Chocolatedevil00 said:

Incy wincy was used in the video my niece was watching, I'd never heard incy wincy before that. I just sounds so wrong

 

Wait, that's the British version? Are you sure? I've never heard it that way before, and it was an American company that made the video I heard it on

I just know I’m American and never heard incy wincy until my British fiancé 

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nineGardens

Incy wincy or bust

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Tbh I've forgotten which one is "correct" even though I grew up with this nursery rhyme smh

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I think it was itsy bitsy that I learned

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Incy-wincy here 

 

I think itsy-bitsy also itty-bitty mean small and trivial, where incy-wincy is small and slightly creepy. For example, when talking to a kid who won't eat their veg you can say "it's only an itsy-bitsy lump of carrot", but not an incy-wincy lump of carrot 

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OmegaTheMetamorphicDreamer

I've heard it both ways and I have no problem with either version. I personally prefer "itsy-bitsy" though.

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SpaceDustbin

Itsy-bitsy

 

(Hansje pansje kevertje in Dutch :lol: )

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I use itsy bitsy but I've heard both I think

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I conferred with my mother on this, she said poopsy woopsy spider!!!

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While there is one correct answer, kids don't really care and they are always right

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31 minutes ago, iff said:

I conferred with my mother on this, she said poopsy woopsy spider!!!

That's a new one 😂

 

26 minutes ago, MollyDMA said:

While there is one correct answer, kids don't really care and they are always right

The kid in question is too young to have an opinion 

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Duke Memphis

More important question: Did the spider climb up the spout, or did it really crawl?

 

Mweeheehee.

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The way I learned it/remember it it goes:

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout;

Down came the rain and washed the spider out.

 

But with all folk tales/tunes/rhymes/etc., there are always multiple legitimate variations. :) 

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Celyn: The Lutening

The spider is incy wincy because it's an inch long and makes you wince.

 

It climbed instead of crawling just because it fits the meter better.

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Huh. That's interesting.

 

I didn't know that "incy wincy" was a thing. At first, I thought it might've been a mispronunciation that others were using and hearing, like how sometimes, others mistakenly use "wahla" when meaning "voila." 

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Custard Cream

Incy wincy of course.

 

Glad to see such serious issues being addressed at last.

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RoseGoesToYale

It really should be "the gutsy-wutsy spider". Water spouts are dark and cramped and you never know when it's going to start pouring and send you tumbling out. Which is exactly what happened to this spider. And then he goes and does it all again, even after the first horrifying experience, and get's flushed out by rain yet again. Strike that, maybe it should be "the oopsie-whoopsie spider". What on earth is at the top of that water spout that he wants that badly??

 

(it's itsy-bitsy)

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Imse vimse, but I suppose that might be because I don't live in an english speaking country. The first option sounds more like the one I'm used to, so that one is getting my vote.

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