An American woman has revealed the huge culture shock she suffered after reciting a well-known children’s song in Australia and the chilling conclusion she came to afterwards.
Texan Tara Lappan, who is married to an Australian and lives in Australia, was singing “itsy-bitsy” to her baby, along with her husband, when it hit.
The American was using her thumb and forefinger to identify the small spider crawling up the drain pipe.
But when she looked at her husband, he was using his thumb and little finger, forming a much larger spider.
“Obviously this makes a lot of sense for an Australian who lives with huntsman spiders,” he laughed.
“That’s the size of the spiders here,” he said with an uncomfortable expression on his face.
His video quickly went viral and people were quick to intervene.
Many correct their writing.
Texan Tara Lappan, who is married to an Australian and lives in Australia, was singing “itsy-bitsy” to her baby, with her husband, when it hit
“Here is an incy wincy spider,” many wrote.
But a minority argued that it is “small” where they come from.
Others said they had never had a spider as big as Tara’s husband’s.
“We passed the thumb to the index finger, forming a diamond,” said one woman.
“I’ve been sitting here checking my muscle memory, making sure I’m not going crazy,” another agreed.
But others do.
“No, we definitely went thumb-to-pinky in school,” one man said.
The mother lives in Australia after moving from Texas to be with her partner.
Adding: ‘And we call it incy wincy.’
‘I remember saying spider Incy Wincy in Australia. And yes, with the big rise of the hand,” added a woman.
In the video, the mother forgot to put her pinkies together, but most people understood what she meant.
She made a follow-up video for those who didn’t and explained how fascinated she is with small cultural differences.
The people from New Zealand also chimed in and said that they also used big hand movements for the song.
But everyone could agree that spiders are definitely bigger in Australia.