> > As an editor, I've always treated "doh" and "duh" as UK and US
variant
> >spellings, so it's interesting that the OED would render it in
> >Yanqui--Candice
>
> Hey, Candice and all, don't take my spelling as how they rendered it: I
> only heard this news, not saw it. So I spelt it my way. Sorry if'n I got
it
> wrong.
Is it maybe the case that we have here two distinct semantic units?
Homer contemplates a slug of uranium fallen at his feet: "Duh!" (rising
tone)
Homer tries to read the OpEd column in The New York Times: "Doh?" (falling
intonation).
Just curious ....
Robin Hamilton
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