Does anybody know any "counting out rhymes"- used by children to decide who will be "it" in other languages? For example- A common American one is:
Eenie Meenie Miney Moe- Catch a tiger by the toe- if he hollers let him go- Eenie Meenie Miney Moe. What rhymes do they use in other countries?
wendianne17
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scorpio1965
Iene miene mutten, tien pond grutten, tien pond kaas, iene miene mutten is de baas. (Flemish speaking Belgium and Netherlands)
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raskolnikova
entten tentten teelika mentten, hissun kissun vaapula vissun. eelin keelin klot, viipula vaapula vot.
(In finland, but it's not finnish, somekind of a imaginary language?)
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mebanese
In Arabic:
Eeny Meeny Seeny
Ta'tl basateeny
Fee lamoonie hamda
T'ktof o tameenie
This has something to do with being given a sour lemon!
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runforfood
In Korean:
moo ut eul hal ka yo, ha neu nim ke mul uh bob si da, ding dong dang dong, chuck chuck bak sa nim!
(translations; what am i going to take, let's ask the God. Ding dong dang dong, Mr. Know-All!)
of course it doesn't really make any sense.. :)
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juules
Eeene, meene, meck, und du bist weg; weg bist du noch lange nicht, sag mir erst wie alt du bist!
(German: eene, meene, meck, and you are gone; you´re by far not gone yet, first tell me how old you are!)
After knowing the age of the person you poited on, you count out this number, and than you will know who "it" is!!!
Pro tip
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