# Nation chants **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 28, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121 "2013-06-28T14:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/41 "2013-07-08T05:41:19Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Same for Mexico: _Me-ji-co clap clap clap Me-ji-co_…etc. > PUR: > _“Yo soy Boricua, p’a que tú lo sepas!”_ – “Just so you know, I’m Puerto Rican”. Lifted from some popular song refrain, I believe. I suppose it’s to let the other guys know who is it that’s beating them (since not surprisingly many will think “hey, wait, who? they have their own team?”)… “p’a” is elided “para?” Fucking subjunctive is so cool. In Spanish it’s not big deal, but they never teach you it until Spanish Level 90. Why I learned: “Mi perro esta abajo de tu asiento, solamente que tu sepas.” My service dog is huge and can surprise people when he pops up from below. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/42 "2013-07-08T09:13:05Z")
> [@jovan](#): > > Japan: > _Nippon! … Nippon! … Nippon! …_ What, you mean they dont scream “Tora Tora Tora” ? 🙂 (but, hey, it’s been 35 years since I saw the movie, which is where I learned everything I know about Japan…so go easy on me) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/43 "2013-07-08T11:30:11Z")
> [@arjee](#): > > "Coo roo coo coo coo coo coo coooooo…: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJE3EgTGg9k](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJE3EgTGg9k) Nailed it! Also, any song that can be played with organ accompaniment in an arena! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/44 "2013-07-08T12:15:42Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > “p’a” is elided “para?” Yeah, and also sometimes seen as _pá_ or _pa_ when the writers aren’t used to apostrophes to mark ellisions. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/45 "2013-07-08T12:42:48Z")
When England play Australia at the Ashes cricket later this week the English fans will sing the national anthem God Save The Queen. But where they sing “long to reign over us”, the English fans will replace “us” with an emphasised “you” and point at where the Aussie fans are sitting. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/46 "2013-07-08T15:05:15Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > …Why I learned: > “Mi perro esta abajo de tu asiento, solamente que tu sepas.” My service dog is huge and can surprise people when he pops up from below. **Nava** , so this is wrong, because I forgot the “para?” Also, meaning to tell you: “Nava” means “lovely” in Hebrew (which you may know). A _very_ popular Jewish religious song, text from a psalm, no doubt: Hinei ma tov u ma na-eem (has “nava” root) Shevet achim b yachad (repeat with new tune) –“Behold how good and beautiful it is to sit as brothers together.” ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121/47 "2013-07-08T15:51:18Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > There used to be RACK RACK, RACK RACK RACK, RACK RACK RACK ENGLAND ! > > The rack is my attempt to reproduce a banging sound, England of course is a very loud shout, as the chant goes on it speeds up and gets even louder. Is this the same rhythm as “S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT!”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-chants/662121.md?page=2)