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[–] 45 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Mhm, midwest US and N***** Knocking was what we were told it was called, because of course.

It became Ding Dong Ditch once we grew up a little.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Can confirm as an eighties kid in California

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    i might be a titch younger than you, i grew up in california, hit maturity right around the turn of the millenium and i learned the term when i moved to Utah in my 20s (early 2000s). california's pretty big tho, shasta is not san diego.

    my parents and friends all referred to it as doorbell ditching (or ding dong ditching), at least when i was around

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago

    I knew it as Ding Dong Ditch and then kids in my neighborhood told me it was called [Hard R] Knocking. This was mid-90s. I also spent ages 10-15 living in a trailer park in Florida, which probably explains this.

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