Duh! vs. Doy!
Steve Kl.
stevekl at PANIX.COM
Wed Mar 27 17:42:52 UTC 2002
On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, David Bergdahl wrote:
> When my daughter Erika (35) was in elementary school "doy!" was the way
> someone said the teacher was pitching instruction at too elementary a level;
In my neck of the Michigan woods (I, too, am 35) we almost exclusively
said "No doy" for what it's worth. In my idiolect, I have both "duh" and
"no duh", but bare "doy" sounds a bit odd.
-- Steve
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