"Ching-chong"

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Michael Newman
<michael.newman at qc.cuny.edu> wrote:
> back in the bad old days before WWII.

*During* The War, there was yet another version. It didn't pose a
problem for any subset of "real" Americans:

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo
Catch a jap by his toe
If he hollers, O-e-Oh
Throw him over in TO-ke-Oh!

Also, you could make German eyes by pulling the corners of your eyes
up, Japanese eye by pulling the corners of  your eyes to the side, and
Italian eyes by pulling the corners of your eyes down. At the time, I
really believed that these parodies were true representations of the
physiognomy of The Enemy.

--
-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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