November 20, 2007, 20:33
KallehTeenspeak
There was a great Zits in the Sunday Chicago Tribune about the language of the teenage species, and today I found this
Language Log entry about it. I agree with Liberman that the sounds haven't changed that much since I was a teenager.
November 21, 2007, 18:01
<Asa Lovejoy>While it wasn't teenspeak, the one utterance I have burned into what's left of my brain comes from Oliver Hardy in mid-calamity: O-
OOOOoooo-oo-ooo! Ollie and Stanley left me in stitches!
November 22, 2007, 01:08
Richard Englishquote:
O-OOOOoooo-oo-ooo!
Or was is DO-OOOOoooo-oo-ooo!?
It was certainly Olly - Stan rarely spoke much which is why few people realise the he never lost his English accent.
November 22, 2007, 08:41
<Asa Lovejoy>quote:
Originally posted by Richard English:
Or was is DO-OOOOoooo-oo-ooo!?
It sometimes had a "D," and sometimes didn't, as I remember it. Maybe Matt Groening, "Simpsons" creator, was a Laurel and Hardy fan despite his being younger than you or I.
November 22, 2007, 09:17
zmježdHe probably is, but Dan Castellaneta's
D'oh! is usually traced to
Jimmy Finlayson who often worked with Laurel and Hardy.
November 23, 2007, 12:34
SeanahanFrom
Wikipedia quote:
It is typically represented in the show's script as "(annoyed grunt)", and is so spelled out in the official titles of several episodes.[3]
When Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer, was first asked to voice the exclamation, he rendered it as a drawn out "doooh", inspired by Jimmy Finlayson, the moustachioed Scottish actor who appeared in 33 Laurel and Hardy films. Finlayson coined the term as a minced oath for suggesting the word "Damn!" without actually saying it. [4] The show's creator Matt Groening felt that it would better suit the timing of animation if it were spoken faster so Castellaneta shortened it to "D'oh!"[5]