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Re: Doh!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 22 Jun 2001 03:55:52 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.
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 forth... so I thought that might have been the original.
But then again, in Hebrew the long "a" sound and the short "u" sound are
pronounce dthe same... so go figure.
-Shiri
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| (...) That sounds as good as any other explanation. But how about this: is the word used in the following post (URL) variant of "duh" or "doh" or just a typo? Or should I be asking the actual author of the post (who would most likely never admit to (...) (23 years ago, 22-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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