In a message dated 8/14/02 11:10:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
piperbill@isp01.net writes:
> The current "Simpsons-fed" generation learned 'Doh' from that show... I
> guess it's a modern contraction of 'Duh' and 'Oh'. Can't wait for the next
> variation... ;-)
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They may have, but the Simpsons got it from Laurel and Hardy. The actor
named Jimmy Finlayson would say it in frustration in almost every film he
made with "the boys." Before that, the films were silent, so that is
probably where it started.
Allen Hefner
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