nyaa nyaa/ naa naa (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Alice Faber]

On 2/13/12 7:39 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 6:42 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>
>> Oddly, I've heard neither this nor "olly-olly-oxen-free" in the wild.
>> Like the "razzberry," it's one of those things that white people write
>> that they do or say.
>>
>> --
>> -Wilson
>
> I've heard it.  It is, however, pronounced "All-y all-y in free".  The ox is silent.

I was familiar with the "olly olly oxen free" version, but my friends
and I used "olly olly in come free".

Alice

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