Notifications
Clear all
Ally, Ally, in Free
February 9, 2008 9:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
Member
Joined: 18 years ago
Speaking of the more recent past: When you played hide-and-seek as a child, did you yell "Ollie, Ollie Oxen Free"? Or "Ally Ally in Free"? Or maybe "Ally Ally Ump Free"? "Ole Ole Olsen Free"? Or something else? A caller in Montevideo, Uruguay, is curious about the origin of such nonsensical phrases. This is part of a complete episode.
Forum Jump:
Related Topics
-
Names for a Dog Park
10 years ago
-
Proper Noun Tautologies
11 years ago
-
Misplaced Foreign Inflections
11 years ago
-
Attraction Abbreviations
11 years ago
-
Up in the Papers
11 years ago