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Re: Doh!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 22 Jun 2001 04:51:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Maggie Cambron writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Shiri Dori writes:
> > 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.
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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 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.
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> That sounds as good as any other explanation. But how about this: is the
> word used in the following post
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> http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/fun/?n=7329
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> a 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 the third
> possibility)?
> Maggie
lol...and I *still* don't see the humor in that feedback!!!
Julie
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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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