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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Stick 'em in the eye', play on DU cartoon thread--German count out-rhyme---
In English we have 'one, two, buckle my shoe---'
German---
'Eins, zwei, Polizei.
Drei, vier, Wein und Bier--'
One student of children's rhymes pointed out that kids in areas where several languages are spoken often redo the rhymes in one language to use several.
That's what I thought of when my son (8) redid the German cut-out rhyme as
Eins, zwei, poke you in the eye,
Drei, vier, kick you in the rear--
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'Stick 'em in the eye', play on DU cartoon thread--German count out-rhyme--- (Original Post)
bobbieinok
Sep 2019
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Found and used this rhyme in 80s when teaching German to grade school kids in IA
bobbieinok
Sep 2019
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DetlefK
(16,423 posts)1. It's not a count-out rhyme for children... It's a techno-song from the 90s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eins,_Zwei,_Polizei
As all german techno from that era goes, the beats are great and the lyrics are s**t.
As all german techno from that era goes, the beats are great and the lyrics are s**t.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)2. Found and used this rhyme in 80s when teaching German to grade school kids in IA
Source lost in mists of time and many moves since then.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)4. Didn't know. Thx.
Celerity
(43,349 posts)3. Mo-Do (Fabio Frittelli) was Italian, not German, and committed suicide back in early 2013