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Sin Jeong-hun
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:57 pm
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Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
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baldycotton
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:21 am
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On 5 Nov 2005 05:57:15 -0800, "Sin Jeong-hun" <typingcat@gmail.com>
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| Quote: | Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word.
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I sometimes use it. I say something more like "Yellow"..
| Quote: | Do many Americans use this word when they get a phone?
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I wasn't the first, and probably not the last, but somewhere between
those extremes is a number... |
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Pat Durkin
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:41 am
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"Sin Jeong-hun" <typingcat@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131199035.253892.266170@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
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I've heard it used. Another such mumbled reply, mainly on the
telephone, is "m'yeah". When I hear it, I always want to apologize for
interrupting someone's meal. But I don't.
It's difficult to spell a sound that isn't quite a word. I am fairly
certain that I haven't spelled it the way others have spelled it when
this term was discussed some time back.
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Weatherlawyer
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:15 am
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Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
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Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
I think you are missing the point of The Simpsons. |
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dimestore
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:00 am
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| Quote: | Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
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The best phone salutation on the Simpsons is Burns' "ahoy-ahoy". The
original greeting Bell suggested be
used with his invention. |
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ray o'hara
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:01 am
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"Weatherlawyer" <Weatherlawyer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
I think you are missing the point of The Simpsons.
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I thought the point of the Simpsons was to show a true example of Joe
Donut America.
"OOhhhh donuts! Is there anything they can't do?" |
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Iain
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:55 pm
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Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
| Quote: | Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
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Mr. Burn seems like a "British American" or whatever. Anyone else feel
that?
~Iain |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:16 pm
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Iain wrote:
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Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
Mr. Burn seems like a "British American" or whatever. Anyone else feel
that?
~Iain
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No. But see AUE/AEU passim... |
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Alan OBrien
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:57 am
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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
Mr. Burn seems like a "British American" or whatever. Anyone else feel
that?
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Nah. He's a Yank.
But I have noticed that whenever a film is being made on the Simpsons the
director of that film is always a definte Englishman. I wouldn't mind, but
there aren't that many famous English directors nowadays. |
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Iain
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:10 am
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Alan OBrien wrote:
| Quote: | "Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131270941.198756.204110@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
Mr. Burn seems like a "British American" or whatever. Anyone else feel
that?
Nah. He's a Yank.
But I have noticed that whenever a film is being made on the Simpsons the
director of that film is always a definte Englishman. I wouldn't mind, but
there aren't that many famous English directors nowadays.
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He says "bloody", though -- "get to the bloody point!"
I ken he's a Yank, but maybe of British parentage, etc.
~Iain |
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:06 am
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Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> spake thusly:
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Alan OBrien wrote:
"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131270941.198756.204110@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
Mr. Burn seems like a "British American" or whatever. Anyone else feel
that?
Nah. He's a Yank.
But I have noticed that whenever a film is being made on the Simpsons the
director of that film is always a definte Englishman. I wouldn't mind, but
there aren't that many famous English directors nowadays.
He says "bloody", though -- "get to the bloody point!"
I ken he's a Yank, but maybe of British parentage, etc.
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I think he's an upper crust American of old money. I can't quite
remember his back story - isn't he an orphan?
So here's one for the US contingent - why does the baby in Family Guy
sound English?
--
David
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Weatherlawyer
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:01 am
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Raymond S. Wise wrote:
| Quote: | the Omrud wrote:
So here's one for the US contingent - why does the baby in Family Guy sound English?
Because he's a villian and villians often have a British accent (in the movies, at least)?
Strange; you would think that with the move to more politically correct |
attitudes -having robbed original Americans of what little work they
ever had a chance at, the job of the villains should be given to the
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Raymond S. Wise
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:01 am
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Pat Durkin wrote:
| Quote: | "Raymond S. Wise" <mplsray@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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the Omrud wrote:
So here's one for the US contingent - why does the baby in Family Guy
sound English?
Because he's a villian and villians often have a British accent (in
the
movies, at least)?
OyBoy! You should engage your spellchecker.
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I post via Google Groups: No spellchecker.
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Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com |
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Raymond S. Wise
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:01 am
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the Omrud wrote:
| Quote: | Iain <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> spake thusly:
Alan OBrien wrote:
"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131270941.198756.204110@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
Homer always answers with something sounds like _yeahello!_ when he
gets the phone. Sometimes Mr.Burns also uses the word. It seems like
yeah + hello but sounds like a one word. Do many Americans use this
word when they get a phone?
Mr. Burn seems like a "British American" or whatever. Anyone else feel
that?
Nah. He's a Yank.
But I have noticed that whenever a film is being made on the Simpsons the
director of that film is always a definte Englishman. I wouldn't mind, but
there aren't that many famous English directors nowadays.
He says "bloody", though -- "get to the bloody point!"
I ken he's a Yank, but maybe of British parentage, etc.
I think he's an upper crust American of old money. I can't quite
remember his back story - isn't he an orphan?
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No, his back story parallels that of Charles Foster Kane in *Citizen
Kane,* except that Burns was quite happy to leave his parents. His
"Rosebud" was a teddy bear named Bobo.
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So here's one for the US contingent - why does the baby in Family Guy
sound English?
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Because he's a villian and villians often have a British accent (in the
movies, at least)?
--
Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com |
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Pat Durkin
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:01 am
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"Raymond S. Wise" <mplsray@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:1131331530.534725.167250@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | the Omrud wrote:
So here's one for the US contingent - why does the baby in Family Guy
sound English?
Because he's a villian and villians often have a British accent (in
the
movies, at least)?
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OyBoy! You should engage your spellchecker. |
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