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Re: Doh!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:20:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> 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?
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> best
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> LFB
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 sea (is that refractive, reflective or
simply too big a crop of grapes?)
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| The other morning, Dan Castellaneta, the guy who voices Homer, was a guest on a radio show I was listening to.(1) He explained the orgins of D'oh! Here's what my sleepy brain remembers: The script called for Homer to make a frustrated grunt. Dan (...) (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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