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Poll: Hokey Cokey or Hokey Pokey?

112 replies

TheRhythmessCarolMan · 24/12/2018 08:59

Well?...

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safariboot · 27/12/2018 10:34

Slowcoach for a dawdling person.

Slowpoke is the US English. (And yes, it's also a Pokémon but the word/phrase is much older than that.)

katekat383 · 27/12/2018 11:05

Cokey

DonDrapersOldFashioned · 27/12/2018 11:15

The dance is the Hokey Cokey

The honeycomb sweet is Hokey Pokey

DonDrapersOldFashioned · 27/12/2018 11:17

my friend used to say hunkey dorey instead of honkey dorey

The correct saying is hunky dory? Confused

Philomensapie · 27/12/2018 11:21

Yes, slowpoke is also a Pokemon.

Holidayshopping · 27/12/2018 11:29

Did anyone ever watch the Magic Grandad history TV series for schools?

www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Watch/Magic_Grandad/Seaside_Holiday

A Hokey Pokey was an ice cream sold in Victorian times at the seaside!

LittleBlueRidingBoot · 27/12/2018 11:38

But what if the Hokey Cokey really is what it's all about?

3out · 27/12/2018 11:56

Definitely hunky dory. Never heard honky dory!

katekat383 · 27/12/2018 14:27

It’s hunky dory.

ChesterGreySideboard · 27/12/2018 14:39

This is a very interesting article about phrases like hunky dory and Hokey Cokey.
www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/a-hotchpotch-of-reduplication

MarieVanGoethem · 27/12/2018 17:00

Oh DaedricLordSlayer am so glad that you remember it because mostly people look at me like I’m talking complete nonsense/am attempting some kind of v complicated leg-pull possibly while they’re putting leg of choice in/out/in/out & shaking it all about? & There Is No Such Game. I most vividly remember playing it in the Infant School Hall - my “boyfriend” (he used to write me love letters & leave them in my tidy-tray; a couple of years ago he showed himself still as sweet by sending me a message on the 20th anniversary of my mother’s death talking about his memories of her & generally being v lovely: his fiancée’s got a good man there so) would get very cross if anyone but him was the prince when I was the princess. “Even though it’s just playing.” (It’s ok, no red flags, he was fine with my best friend being a boy. Just he wanted it clear who was my Handsome Prince...)

LuggsaysNotaWomen · 27/12/2018 17:02

Cokey

Winced

And titbit not tidbit.

LuggsaysNotaWomen · 27/12/2018 17:06

Wincy, stupid autocorrect doesn’t even know the rhyme.

cheesenpickles · 27/12/2018 17:13

Cokey, that's what it's all about.

cheesenpickles · 27/12/2018 17:14

In France it's the Goosie Goosie.

BirthdayCakes · 27/12/2018 17:35

Shoogley woogley is gorgeous

PuppyMonkey · 27/12/2018 17:42

It’s definitely Hokey Cokey. My phone even autocorrected it just then.

And I’ll just have to ask this here:

Ooh eeh. OOh ha ha.
Ting tang???
Wallah wallah
Bing bang????

3out · 27/12/2018 17:45

Ooo ee oo ah-ah - tingtang wallah wallah bing bang :)

TheRhythmessCarolMan · 27/12/2018 19:51

@ChesterGreySideboard we do the Schoogley Woogley at the suggestion of @StrongerThanIThought76 Grin

Slow Coach.

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TheRhythmessCarolMan · 27/12/2018 19:52

Ooh I forgot about the ting tang et al!

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶👏👏👏👏👏

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FestiveNut · 27/12/2018 20:13

Nah, tidbit not titbit!

Bringbackthestrioes · 27/12/2018 20:21

Whoaaaaa the Hokey Coney that made me snort op Grin

TheRhythmessCarolMan · 27/12/2018 20:25

Who says titbit? Blimey 😂

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3out · 27/12/2018 20:36

Titbit is British, tidbit is American (AFAIK!)

ChesterGreySideboard · 27/12/2018 23:29

Yes, titbit is British English and tidbit is American.

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