on 6/17/01 8:32 AM, Frederick Pollack at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Matthew Francis wrote:
>>
>> It's 'Doh', isn't it? I have no objection myself to the Simpsons enriching
>> the language. I think they're wonderful.
>>
>>
>
> It's D'oh, actually, two syllables accented on the second, with a
> noticeable (glottal?) stop betwen. Homer and his fans are sticklers for
> that and the OED should have noted it.
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
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