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Re: Doh!
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Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:09:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> 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.
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> 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?
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 was "an obvious euphemism for damn." Castellaneta
himself supplies this reference in the article I read, but I'm still looking
for a link to that specific quote.
By the way, I earned a "duh!" on one of my elementary school papers when I
made the inciteful observation that "mountain gorillas live in the
mountains, and lowland gorillas live in the lowlands." It's a wonder I'm
not a primatologist!
Dave!
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| (...) Well, I would believe this, since I rarely watch the Simpsons, and, come to think of it, the people I hear utter the word "d'oh" are largely people who do watch the show. I found one reference which discusses both words, but I'm not sure what (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) It also shows up as a variant of the syllable "Do" as in "Do, a deer..." (...) "Inciteful?" Get thee to a .punnery! :) (...) You should grade college level history papers! Trust me, I'll be gracing .o-t.fun with a hefty heaping of (anonymous) (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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