Who ever came up with this silly game and why is there such a variation? Has anyone else ever noticed the difference?
2007-01-19 02:48:54 · 5 answers · asked by goldilucks97 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Toys
Extra tidbit: I noticed this difference when I lived in Minnesota and discussed this when I went out to dinner with colleagues (most of them were from Minnesota originally and had never heard of 'duck duck goose')
2007-01-19 03:07:00 · update #1
I grew up in Ohio and always played "duck duck goose." A few years ago I moved to Minnesota and worked as a day camp counselor. The kids immediately corrected me when I said "duck duck goose" instead of "duck duck gray duck." The variation you mentioned is primarily around the Minneapolis/St Paul area, although it may have spread through families that have relocated. Another alternate version is "duck duck drake" or "the mush pot" which is played in Indiana. The game dates back to the early 1900's, the first recorded playing of the alternative was at Madison School in Minneapolis, where teacher Paul Connaker ( born October 25, 1883) used the alternative version of the game.
2007-01-19 03:13:21 · answer #1 · answered by Erin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-31 12:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grew up in Wisconsin, now live in Kentucky.
I have always said "Duck, Duck Goose".
Never even heard of the gray duck one before.
2007-01-19 02:58:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the way back one of my friends and I had this very same discussion. His college room mate, later proved to by unbalanced to a degree normally associated with cartoon villains and bad literature, insisted that "grey duck" was the correct, and only, verbiage.
It's a regional thing, and odd to each camp as the meter of the chant becomes ingrained and sounds "right" or "wrong" based on personal experience.
2007-01-19 03:14:26 · answer #4 · answered by Pugilist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a lifetime midwesterner and it's always been "duck duck goose" for me.
2007-01-19 02:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by ginabgood1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋