Joshua Rogers. Joshua is a senior sports writer with over four years' experience in online writing. He became a trending writer for a leading social publisher and later spent time covering the World Cup for The Mirror Online. Although it hasn't been discussed much recently, Cincinnati Bengals fans know there's a longstanding debate on who originated the "Who Dey" chant and the "Who Dat? The disagreement will be jumpstarted once again over the next two weeks as the nation will hear plenty of "Who Dat?
Who dey! Who dey think gonna beat dem Bengals? Who dat say they gonna beat dem Saints? Who dey! Who dey think gonna beat dem Bengals?
Who Dey! Yes, yes. As for the question of whether the league owns trademarks like Who Dey, or Who Dat, they absolutely do. Who dey breet? While it could be hard to pin meanings to this slang, Davido first used it on Sunday, March 14, hours after Wizkid and Burna Boy clinched their Grammy awards.
This another Davido slang, this is made in response to the rumors of the separation of him and Burna Boy, in Ghana. Scrawled on poster boards and painted on faces. But pinpointing exactly where Who Dey comes from? We can't stay in Cincinnati for that. Or just simply ask the Bengals organization. Just look for the genealogy of Who Dey under the site's frequently asked questions.
Their answer goes to a fan forum discussion on the topic. Or at least it did: The link is dead. Even if the link lived, this isn't an answer that's just one click away. We have to travel some miles away from Paul Brown Stadium.
And to a time decades before the Jungle took root along the banks of the Ohio River. According to one well-circulated theory, the source comes from nearby another American waterway, the Mississippi River. No matter if you're hoarse on Monday from yelling "Who Dey" or "Who Dat," everyone can agree on a few things here.
In this which-came-first, chicken-and-egg game, these yolks are pretty scrambled. But it may be a key ingredient to getting a fix on Who Dey's beginnings. Even one of the earliest references to Who Dey in The Enquirer's archives — March — brings up the brouhaha in coverage of a Xavier University basketball game. Or at least the fan formula that yields it Their version: "Who dat talkin' bout beating dhem Braves.
But in neighboring Louisiana. And from the stands of the Patterson High football field, the home of the Lumberjacks. And yes, you guessed it, this cheer: "Who dat? Who dat? Who dat said they gon' beat 'dem 'Jacks? In a story, Daugherty says the 5,person town 75 miles southwest of New Orleans ultimately inspired both the big time Bengals and the Saints only after the Who Dat cheer graduated to LSU's Tiger Stadium in the early s.
Outside the sidelines, both phrases have roots that trace as far back as 18th century Southern Appalachia. It would have been commonly used by northern British and Northern Irish settlers then.
Now, we call these colonists the ancestors of Cincinnati. Dave Lapham was there. An offensive lineman for the Bengals from , the color commentator for the Bengals remembers that was "really when Who Dey took full hold," he said. He's doesn't know how exactly it started.
If he has to pick just one of the legends, he'll likely go with another major theory. Who Dey was born of beer. The genesis he hears the most is that " There was also something brewing at home in
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