Anonymous  +  241494 Fri, 30 Jun 06 05:05 AM I'm not a linguistics person, but I was wondering if the children's expression "NA - NA - NA NA - NA" and the accompanying tune are common to any other languages....as in, does it fit into the universal language of music as an actual meaningful expression of ridicule? Anonymous

	Philip  +  244983 Wed, 12 Jul 06 04:58 PM  Anonymous wrote: I'm not a linguistics person, but I was wondering if the children's expression "NA - NA - NA NA - NA" and the accompanying tune are common to any other languages....as in, does it fit into the universal language of music as an actual meaningful expression of ridicule? Very interesting question.  I even wonder if it is used throughout the English-speaking world.  I'm going to check it out on another linguistics site I frequent.  May get back to you later. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Philip  +  245001 Wed, 12 Jul 06 06:31 PM  Philip wrote:  Anonymous wrote: Very interesting question.  I even wonder if it is used throughout the English-speaking world.  I'm going to check it out on another linguistics site I frequent.  May get back to you later. So far I've heard from France, Germany, Ireland and England, all with the same tune, but slightly different words, of course.  I've also learned that in some places [Texas, for example], we might hear "nanny-nanny-poo-poo; stick your nose in doo-doo". Philip