<P> `` Let 's Call the Whole Thing Off '' is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance , where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates . The song is most famous for its `` You like to - may - toes / təˈmeɪtoʊz / and I like to - mah - toes / təˈmɑːtoʊz / '' and other verses comparing their different regional dialects . </P>
<P> `` Let 's Call the Whole Thing Off '' is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance , where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates . The song is most famous for its `` You like to - may - toes / təˈmeɪtoʊz / and I like to - mah - toes / təˈmɑːtoʊz / '' and other verses comparing their different regional dialects . </P>
who wrote lets call the whole thing off
who wrote lets call the whole thing off
George Gershwin Ira Gershwin
George Gershwin Ira Gershwin