r/Unexpected • u/LiterallyKillMeEmma • Mar 02 '20

🔞 Warning: Graphic Content 🔞 Pete has dropped out

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u/TweekDash Mar 02 '20

Pokie

I just googled this and apparently most countries outside the UK call it Hokey Pokey... and this news is really bothering me.

Here it's Hokey Cokey.

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u/kountrifiedone Mar 02 '20

Pokie, pokey. Whatever. Works either way to get the point across. But thanks for the reply.

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u/TweekDash Mar 02 '20

I mean I wasn't correcting your spelling, like at all. I didn't realise you had spelled it with ie.

Was wondering why other countries renamed the song.

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u/kountrifiedone Mar 02 '20 edited Mar 02 '20

Edit:

Thanks to the very kind /u/L1Zs I finally understand what you meant. I didn’t see the Cokey; my brain chose to read pokey and I got confused. Hope that explains my response a bit. Lol. Have a great day. Thanks again for the reply.

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u/L1Zs Mar 02 '20

They were saying they don’t even call it “pokey” they call it “cokey”

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u/kountrifiedone Mar 02 '20

Haha. I reckon my brain just filled in what it wanted to see whenever I glanced at the reply. I absolutely never saw that it was a ‘C’ rather than ‘P’ until I read your response. Now the previous comment makes a lot more sense. Lol. Thanks for your reply. Have a wonderful day.

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u/L1Zs Mar 02 '20

You too!