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    Coool... thread.. !! really good... !! Shud revive this

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    Quote Originally Posted by Querida
    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!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nayagan
    Here are some words that were borrowed from Tamil.

    * cheroot ---> from tamil curuttu (cigar )
    * mulligatawny ---> from milakutanni (rasam )
    * catamaran ----> Kattumaram (boat like vessel)
    * pandal ------> pandhal?? from tamil i think though not sure

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    Quote Originally Posted by F.S.Gandhi vandayar
    The root for English word 'abnegate' is ab negare (Latin).

    ab - away , negare - to deny

    Compare the tamil word 'Nagaru' means 'go away or deny'. We find tamil root.
    wOW! .... how do u come up with this ?!

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