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Monday, November 15, 2010

#958 When people say "cha cha cha" while singing Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to you, cha cha cha.
Happy birthday to you, cha cha cha.
Happy birthday Dear Friend
Happy birthday to you, cha cha cha.

When Patty Hill and her sister Mildred Hill wrote this song, there was no inclusion of any slightly annoying "cha cha cha" anywhere in the lyrics. Come on man, look around, no body's laughing or even smiling when you shout the blurb "cha" three times after the real words. I wonder if Cuban musicians hate when you take the name of their most famous form of dance and music, and throw it around like it's some interchangeable interjection.

The person that is guilty of cha cha cha'ing, regardless of gender, will be known as "that guy," a title worthy of only the most awkward person in the room. Don't be that guy.

It's just slightly annoying, cha cha cha.

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