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"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" – which can be spelled a number of ways – is a children's counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things. It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is chosen.
The spelling of their names changed to Meeny, Miney and (sometimes) Mo. In the comics, the trio spoke English in a style roughly mimicking the Three Stooges. While Meeny's name no longer exactly matched the word "meany", he was still portrayed as a wannabe tough guy. [24]
The counting rhyme known as "Eenie Meenie Mainee, Mo" has been attested from 1820, with many variants; when Kipling included it as "A Counting-Out Song" in Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides (1923), he gave as its second line, "Catch a nigger by the toe!" This version became widely used for much of the twentieth century; the rhyme is ...
"They pulled the mattress over [the victims'] heads and played a game: Eenie, meenie, minie, mo, someone has got to go," Young said of the two men.
KGW says it has taken internal steps to address the mistake. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A television station in Portland, Oregon, apologized Friday for inadvertently showing a racist image during a ...
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I grew up near Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1970-1980's and though I had heard the fishy version the most popular version was: Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, Sits a baby on a po, When it's done, Wipe its bum, Eeny Meeny Miny Mo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.137.195 17:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)