tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post599719125075237271..comments2024-03-20T16:05:23.293+00:00Comments on The Cynical Tendency: Cameron Does The Europe Neverendum Hokey CokeyDemetriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-29167211153789220082012-10-21T17:32:30.664+01:002012-10-21T17:32:30.664+01:00I never knew about a rude meaning - in early 40s i...I never knew about a rude meaning - in early 40s it was the name of the stuff my Gran made from boiling up brown sugar and treacle as a very very great treat, and letting it set hard. I was allowed to use a small real hammer to break it into pieces. (Shock horror - Health & Safety). It was also a skipping game with two girls turning a rope at school 'Hokey pokey, penny a lump, the more you eat the more you jump' At 'jump' you jumped out from under the rope. Found out whilst living in New Zealand such sweets had been popular there. Amazing, still have my own teeth. They always had the Hoky Cokey at War Time dances, children and babies would go too and sleep on side benches. Many joined in with what everyone I knew called the "Oky" Cokey. Never an H to be heard. Apologies for digressing - the lights are going out rather too fast just about everywhere.Cassandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-25592253302241034382012-10-21T11:14:55.226+01:002012-10-21T11:14:55.226+01:00When the men of the 82nd Airborne notably the 504t...When the men of the 82nd Airborne notably the 504th Airborne Regiment around 1943/44 called it "Hokey Pokey" they were firmly asked to say "Hoky Cokey". In England at that time "Pokey" had a very rude meaning. Then, of course, the continent was isolated. Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-79134213284760591272012-10-20T17:41:17.718+01:002012-10-20T17:41:17.718+01:00Here in the US, we refer to it as the "Hokey ...Here in the US, we refer to it as the "Hokey Pokey"<br /><br />Sigh.<br /><br />You English and your continental ways.Degringoladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893964959960977677noreply@blogger.com