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Re: Doh!
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Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:49:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Maggie Cambron writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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> > > Doh!
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> > That's a recognized English word now. I wish I were still in college so I
> > could use it in a paper!
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> The semester after I got my M.A. in English our comp exams were made available
> for everyone to view (no names!). As I looked through them I noticed one
> professor wrote "Duh!"(1) in the margin to comment on what someone had written
> (no, it wasn't my paper!).
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> (1) variant form
I'm not sure "Duh" is a variant form of "Doh" (or verse-vica,
vice-versey, victor-victoria). I've heard Homer say "Duuuuu-uh!"
before, and the context is decidedly different. Doh attends
misfortune (usually as an exaggeration, as when someone drops
a donut), Duh imples disdain or the presence of Captain Obvious
on an exam paper, which is why I've occasionally put on a paper
(most notably when a student said "Polish is the primary language
of Poland." Well, duh!). I think "Duh" is also a lot older,
at least 50 or 60 years.
But I wonder where the genesis of "Doh" is. "Duh" comes from
a syllable attributed to the slow-witted, and is imitative in
its origin. Is "Doh!" really a complete Homerism?
best
LFB
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) I'm scrambling to find an online reference, but I read in the paper yesterday that "D'oh" in that form is indeed a Homerism (or, more correctly, a Castellaneta-ism), but it's a modification of "Do-o-o-o" used Laurel and Hardy films, where it (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Doh!
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| (...) Found this quote from the Iliad: Achilles spear flashed and caught Hector in the neck, Hector uttered a final "Doh!" from the gates of Hades, and fell, thunderously. So, yes, Doh! is a complete Homerism. Bruce Lost somewhere on the wine-dark (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Actually, the way I understood it, "duh" originates from the Russian "yes" (dah)... as in, duh = "yeah yeah yeah..." I'm not sure if that is true, but in Israel we tend to have jokes about that, us having tons of Russian immigrants and so (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) The semester after I got my M.A. in English our comp exams were made available for everyone to view (no names!). As I looked through them I noticed one professor wrote "Duh!"(1) in the margin to comment on what someone had written (no, it (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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