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jack mandora mi nuh choose none

phrase

/d͡ʒak man.duɔɹa mɪ nʌ t͡ʃuːz non/

English Definition

Traditionally used to end an Anansi story or folktale, to let it be known that the story's moral lesson wasn't directed at any listener in particular.

Etymology

  • (Jack Mandora from Jack-a-Nory, an English nursery rhyme ("I'll tell you a story/About Jack-a-Nory/And now my story's begun;/I'll tell you another/Of Jack and his brother,/And now my story is done."))

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