<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 the song let 's call the whole thing off
who wrote the song let 's call the whole thing off
George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin