Amateur Etymology

**HindustaniLadka** · 29th June 2005, 10:18 AM

Solomon, thank you for proving the extremists(FSG and Idiappam) wrong. Unfortunately, Surya and I have been doing this for a while...but they will never stop adn they will continue to make their idiotic claims. Anyway, your contributions are greatly appreciated and i hope you make similar types of contributions in the history forum. You are one of the few knowledgeable hubbers in this forum who is not influenced by fools.

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**F.S.Gandhi vandayar** · 29th June 2005, 12:52 PM

By calling us as extremists you call yourself as extremists with one point agenda -Manuvadis. Readers will note that who gives falses and who gives originals.

In all your mentor postings you observe tamil presence. That is enough We have got half victory.

You pat / praise yourself for your sinister look of history.

Time will prove who are real Indian aborigines / foremost civilized people.

"Adakkam Amararul Uyikkum." is valluvam. Do not dance much. 8)

f.s.gandhi

**HindustaniLadka** · 30th June 2005, 06:11 AM

Why don't you actually backup your random claims with actual evidence(non-extremist articles, etc.) instead of blabbering and posting your ignorance.

**F.S.Gandhi vandayar** · 30th June 2005, 10:59 AM

We have put enough evidences. Visit and go through our postings.

**Querida** · 7th July 2005, 11:37 AM

Seems like a thread for Poindexter's don't you think? :P

Poindexter has been an American slang term for an egghead or nerd for decades, but how did the name come to be associated with really smart people. The answer is cartoons. The cartoon character Felix the Cat, creation of Otto Messmer, made his screen debut in 1919, making him one of the most venerable animated characters in existence.

In 1958, Felix made his television debut and for the TV series Felix's new animator, Joe Oriolo, introduced a number of new characters and foils for Felix. Among these were Felix's archnemesis The Professor and his brainy nephew, Poindexter. Allegedly, Oriolo named Poindexter after his lawyer. The popularity of the cartoon ensured that the name Poindexter would be forever associated with intelligence.

**Badri** · 7th July 2005, 11:54 AM

So does Dexter of Dexter's Lab fame owe his name to this word? Interesting!!

**Querida** · 7th July 2005, 11:57 AM

oh Badri the kids and i would like to say something to you: Duh!!!

:P

**Badri** · 7th July 2005, 11:58 AM

Q: do you plan to come up with the etymology of "duh" next?

**Querida** · 7th July 2005, 12:09 PM

Duh also has a cartoon connection. It is first recorded in a 1943 Merrie Melodies cartoon. There it was used as an expression of inarticulacy and confusion. The insulting use to comment on another's moronic statement dates to the early 1960s.

and just in case:

DOH!: Castellaneta (voice of Homer Simpson) and The Simpson's creator Matt Groening have stated that they came up with the expression in imitation of actor James Finlayson. Finlayson was a sidekick of Laurel and Hardy and used the expression "do-o-o-o-h" as early as 1931 in Laurel and Hardy films and shorts. Finlayson used the interjection as a euphemism for damn. Others used the interjection in the intervening years. Castellanata was not the first since Finlayson, although he did clip Finlayson's pronunciation and formed the contemporary, short pronunciation.

so DOH is

and DUH is

and i'm in it for sure if hehehewalrus ever sees this reply!!!