I’m putting this in CS because it’s about a song, but it’s also a poll, so if it’s in the wrong forum, I’ll trust the mods to move it!
When you hear the song Itsy-Bitsy Teeny-Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini, how do you picture the swimsuit in your mind? Is it white with yellow polka dots, or is it yellow with polka dots of another color?
I always see it as yellow, with pink polka-dots (a YELLOW, polka-dot bikini), but my mom says she always thinks of it as white with yellow dots (a YELLOW POLKA-DOT bikini).
Mom got to thinking about it and wondered what the Dope would say, and since she hasn’t subscribed yet, I told her I’d start the thread for her! So come on, fellow Dopers and give her something to read about!
If I recall correctly, standard polka dot fashion was a certain color garment covered with white polka dots. Brown with white dots…blue with white dots…etc.
Of course, since I am 40 and was about 5 y/o when polka dots were on their way ‘out’, I could be completely nuts.
(Am I being influenced by that yogurt commercial? It’s a yellow background, as ShiefferShaw mentioned. Perhaps I would’ve seen yellow dots on some other background if I hadn’t seen the ad.)
I’ve thought about this a lot since that commercial came out. I saw that commercial and immediately thought to myself “What the heck, I didn’t picture it that way at all!” Needless to say, I thought of it as having yellow dots.
I see it in the commercial as yellow with red polka dots. And now that’s how I see it when I hear the song.
Beofre that, probably yellow with white, or yellow with purple dots if I was amalgamating novelty songs in my head – this one with One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater.
This is strange. I’ve heard the song since it came out, but I don’t think I ever imagined the actual color scheme, just the bikini itself (and its precious contents). Perhaps yellow with dark dots (brown or black).
