4 Responses

1. Try this

   Try this…

   Rap version!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oObjz_aKoLU

    

2. icebreaker

   Hey Theresa,

   I’m curious – I too remember something very similar, from attending a CIPD meeting in Solihull, maybe 7-8 yrs ago. It wasn’t the same place you heard it was it?

   Alex 

3. Chinese or Japanese?

    

   I don’t speak Chinese so I could be wrong, but I do speak Japanese and ‘itchy’ ‘ knee’ is Japanese for 1, 2.  I don’t think this is the same in Chinese (but as I say, I could be wrong).

    

   1  Ichi      2  Ni (pr Knee)    3  San     4  Shi (pr shee)    5  Go    6  Rokku    7   Shichi (pr shi’chi with a hard ‘ch’ sound, as in ‘church’)       8  Hachi  9        Kyu (pr queue)       10   Ju

4. Japanese counting

    

   The one I know is Japanese, when you say the number you put an action with it to help remember the words.  I have done my best to remember all the actions, but 6, 9 and 10 I just can’t think off. 

   1      Ichi  – Scratch your…

   2     Ni (pr Knee)  – Knee

   3     San  – Point to the sun

   4     Shi (pr shee) – Point to a girl

   5     Go – Walk on the spot    

   6     Rokku –    

   7     Shichi (pr shi’chi with a hard ‘ch’ sound, as in ‘church’) Ski on the spot

   8     Hachi  – Sneezing action

   9     Kyu (pr queue)      

   10  Ju