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Kalleh
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posted November 20, 2007 20:33
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.
 
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<Asa Lovejoy>
posted November 21, 2007 18:01
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!
 
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Richard English
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posted November 22, 2007 01:08Hide Post
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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.


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<Asa Lovejoy>
posted November 22, 2007 08:41
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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.
 
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zmježd
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posted November 22, 2007 09:17Hide Post
Maybe Matt Groening, "Simpsons" creator, was a Laurel and Hardy fan despite his being younger than you or I.

He probably is, but Dan Castellaneta's D'oh! is usually traced to Jimmy Finlayson who often worked with Laurel and Hardy.


—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
 
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Seanahan
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posted November 23, 2007 12:34Hide Post
From Wikipedia
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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]
 
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