Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:44:27 -0500

From: "David Bergdahl (614) 593-2783" BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: help a reporter?



On DUH: my daughter Erika (who's 28) used this in its earlier form of DOY in

elementary school 20 yrs ago. My 11 yr-old at the same school says DUH to

underscore a really stupid, obviously true assertion, such as only a parent can

make. Now often preceeded by LIKE. So the form has been around a good while

and may have initially been a portmanteau of Duh + Oy in Athens.

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David Bergdahl BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Associate Professor of English Language and Literature

Ohio University / Athens fax: (614) 593-2818

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