twat+oogle

[Jonathan Lighter]

You can listen to the 1923 melody while reading the words here:

http://www.rienzihills.com/SING/barneygoogle.htm

JL
"Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU> wrote:
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I am in complete support of the Barney Google contamination theory of
ogle /ogl/ to yield /ugl/. I offer no proof, but I sure like it.

dInIs

>Yes. "Ohgle" means /ogl/.
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>JL
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>David Bowie wrote:
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>From: neil
>> on 16/3/05 2:33 pm, Wilson Gray at wilson.gray at RCN.COM wrote:
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>>>How do you feel about "oggle"? This is the way that I've heard it
>>>pronounced most often, And then there's "ohgle," which is the way
>>>that I pronounce "ogle" in my mind when I read it. I've never once
>>>had occasion to speak this word aloud. AFAIK, it's not used in any
>>>spoken register of BE.
>
>> 'ohgle' would be my pronunciation, also; but from now on I'll be oogling -
>> with its echoes of goo-goo eyes.
>
>By "ohgle", do you all mean [ogl]? It's an ambiguous spelling to me.
>
>For my part, i use [ogl], and when i've heard [agl] i've always assumed
>it was a spelling pronunciation--who knew? (I've never, as far as i
>remember, heard [ugl].)
>
>And while i've got you, i'll mention that Jimmy Chunga, one of the
>morning DJs on Salt Lake City's KENZ, does an absolutely *wonderful*
>(and not entirely parodic) mimic of Judge Joe Brown.
>
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