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did anyone else hear the Bengals do a "who dey" chant last night?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:18 pm
I've never had much reason to watch the bengals, because they're the bengals, and only do now because of Jeremy Hill, so the "who dey" chant was new to me. they even claim they invented it in 1981, which is complete bullshite (as I explain HERE).
did the entire world know about this except me, because im pretty annoyed by it.
did the entire world know about this except me, because im pretty annoyed by it.
This post was edited on 12/23/14 at 1:05 pm
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Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:19 pm to MastrShake
Really? This thread again?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:19 pm to MastrShake
They invented it. We stole it.
Ask anybody.
Ask anybody.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:21 pm to MastrShake
They did "invent" Who Dey in '81. But we were using Who Dat before then and it's actually been around since the 1800s. It was a reply to a knock in old minstrel shows that played down here.
Who Dat?
Who Dat?
This post was edited on 12/23/14 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:30 pm to bonethug0108
I think Whodey was one of Sadaam's husein's kids.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:32 pm to MastrShake
quote:
did the entire world know about this except me
yes.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:35 pm to BRgetthenet
quote:I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not but I don't think we did. I was arguing with Bengal fans on reddit last night and one linked this New York Times article. among other things it says:
We copeed dem broseph
"...(who dey) had been made popular by 1981 in Bengals fans’ cheers for their team during their run to Super Bowl XVI ... The phrase was widely used by Bengals fans in 1981. The phrase was widely used by Saints fans in 1983."
that means the Bengals started it somewhere between September of '81 and January 24, 1982. let's just say it was September.
that article also links another article saying the Saints might have gotten it from LSU football who used it in 1982. This still puts the Bengals one year ahead.
what it fails to mention is that LSU basketball used it during the 1980-81 season, as you can hear in this absolutely horrifying song
LSU made the Final Four that season, this incessant fricking song was everywhere, and it can't be from any later than March of '81 because it mentions players like Rudy Macklin, Ethan Martin, and Greg Cook, who were all seniors.
its also worth noting that LSU played Xavier (which is in Cincinnati) that season, on December 22, 1980.
if nothing else, Louisiana is ahead by at least 6 months on this, and it seems more likely that Saints fans got it from LSU basketball in '80-81 than Cincinnati years later.
so maybe Bengals fans heard it during the Xavier game, or maybe during the Final Four, but both seem more likely than them independently making up a nearly identical phrase just a few months after LSU did.
This post was edited on 12/23/14 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:38 pm to MastrShake
Doesn't matter. The two phrases may be close to each other in meaning, but they are still different phrases. Whoever said or did it first is a moot point. They say "Who Dey", we say "Who Dat". I don't care who was first or last to the party, fact is it doesn't matter.
Only thing matters at this point is one team is going to the playoffs and the other is not.
Only thing matters at this point is one team is going to the playoffs and the other is not.
This post was edited on 12/23/14 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:39 pm to bountyhunter
What do they say after?
Are they asking who's gonna beat them?
Are they asking who's gonna beat them?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:42 pm to BRgetthenet
quote:“Who dey! Who dey! Who dey think gonna beat dem Bengals?!”
What do they say after? Are they asking who's gonna beat them?
This post was edited on 12/23/14 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:42 pm to BRgetthenet
I think it's more of a "Who are they?!" type of question. Like, that's not the terrible team I know, "Who Dey?"
It's a less agitating phrase, compared to "Who Dat?", which then follows it up by taunting the other team. Not complaining, just trying to be objective about the two phrases.
It's a less agitating phrase, compared to "Who Dat?", which then follows it up by taunting the other team. Not complaining, just trying to be objective about the two phrases.
This post was edited on 12/23/14 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:49 pm to MastrShake
You just start watching football, brah?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:51 pm to bonethug0108
quote:
But we were using Who Dat before then and it's actually been around since the 1800s
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:53 pm to lsufan_26
It seems like it because who DAT new been around since there was black people living in the south.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:56 pm to JayJay2
Back in 1793, there was a cincinnati plantation owner named Ick Key Woulds, he first said "Who dey be coming around that mountain when dey come". That is where it all started, a fellow who heard him said that later moved to New Orleans, actually got traded, and he started the phrase Who dat be over dere.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:58 pm to JayJay2
quote:
black people living in the south
And there's no black people living in Cincinnati?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 1:01 pm to lsufan_26
quote:this was my opening sentence:
You just start watching football, brah?
"ive never had much reason to watch the bengals, because they're the bengals, and only do now because of Jeremy Hill, so the 'who dey' chant was new to me."
was that not clear? should I re-write it in all caps and with blinking arrows pointing at it?
This post was edited on 12/23/14 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 12/23/14 at 1:45 pm to MastrShake
No. I never watch the Bengals either and knew they did that chant. Most Saints fans already know that because we think they stole it. Maybe you are new to Saints Talk.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 1:49 pm to lsufan_26
we've played the bengals 6 times since 2006
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