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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Can someone help me with this children's rhyme?

I tried a google search for the answer and it led me to this forum.

In my child's book "The Rooster Crows", it has this jingle:
ABCD goldfish?
LMNO goldfish.
OSAR goldfish.

I can't figure this out! I'm feeling pretty dense about now. What's the "get" here? Can anyone clarify this for me???

Thanks,
Confused
  

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" It has to be spoken. " In fact, I have heard this entire thing extended to "LMNO goldfish; OSAR! " If you speak each letter fast, you will hear the statements and response.

— Clive

  • " It has to be spoken.
  • " In fact, I have heard this entire thing extended to "LMNO goldfish; OSAR!
  • " If you speak each letter fast, you will hear the statements and response.
  • net I figure these are the solution sentences :If you speak each letter out loud and fast , you will more or less hear them.
  • ABCD goldfish?
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Hi,

I picked this up from the 'Net: Many years ago my father told about a teacher of his who asked the students to make a sentence out of any 4 letters in front of the word "goldfish." He claimed that he figured it out by answering "ABCD goldfish?" It has to be spoken. It me
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The whole thing goes like this and it's a sort of dirty kids rhyme so use discretion:

abcd goldfish? Abey see the goldfish?

LMNO goldfish ****, them aint no goldfish!

OSAR! CMPN? Oh yes they are! See em peein?
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And then there's this one heard in a restaurant:

FUNEX?

SVFX

FUNEM?

SVFM

OKMNX
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AnonymousFUNEX?

Emotion: tongue tied Is it "an ex" or "an axe"?
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Have you any eggs?

Yes, we have eggs.

Have you any ham?

etc.

MrP
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Oops! I had forgotten the E !
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ABEY, SEE THE GOLDFISH
'ELL, THEM {AIN'T} NO GOLDFISH
OH, YES THEY ARE GOLDFISH

THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL INTERPRETATION, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE JINGLE.
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0CDETBT Ducks?02br
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00"MR Not Ducks" Learned in school over 80 years ago.02br
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00OSAR, CDETBT wings?02br
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00"LIB! MR Ducks!"02br
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00ABCD Goldfish02br
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00MR Not Goldfish 02br
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00OSAR Goldfish02br
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00CDBD iS0
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