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Re: Doh!
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Fri, 22 Jun 2001 05:04:19 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)? And Lindsay, please don't tell me it is none of the above-- I'm
> feeling sauternine enough at having failed to distinguish the difference
> between doh and duh.
Ack, I didn't intend to induce such feelings. :)
Anyways, WOW, Larry used "doi!" I haven't seen or said that in
at least 15 years. It's right up there with "durrrrrrr"! It is
in my experience a derivative of "duh," but only in the sense
of "well, *duh*"--sarcasm, usually applied to the self. I know
my sister and I switched over to it when our exaggerated "duuuuh"
and handflapping made my mother a bit annoyed because we were
"picking on the handicapped." (Saying something was "retarded"
garnered the same admonishment.) So it's sort of like "D'oh" for
"d--n"--with an analagous relationship to "duh". But that's just
my opinion, I Could Be Wrong.
But Larry--where did you pick it up? Is that a genuine Michiganism?
And if so, *when* did you pick it up--I got it about 24 years
ago, in the first or second grade.
best
Lindsay
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| (...) "Durrr!!" is a playground favorite in Australia, usually accompanied by the tongue in the lower lip, and "Durr-brain" is a fairly common insult. Like "you spastic!!" it's a disability based putdown. --DaveL (25 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| "Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GFBFF7.L4n@lugnet.com... (...) Handflapping...like, taking your hand in the horizontal position across your chest, positioning all your finger down, and hitting your chest repeatedly with (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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