The grammar of doge

Wed Jul 23 00:23:56 UTC 2014

Great minds think alike ... but some don't do due diligence.

Joel

At 7/22/2014 09:59 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> >
> > At 7/21/2014 04:00 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
> > >At http://the-toast.net/2014/02/06/linguist-explains-grammar-doge-wow/,
> > >Gretchen McCulloch answers the question, "Why do shiba inus speak
> > >ungrammatically?"
> >
> > "Doge" can be traced back to 1942.  From the film "Casablanca" --
> >
> > Mr Leuchtag [starts in standard German]: Liebchen - sweetness, ...
> > Mr. Leuchtag:  what watch?
> > Mrs. Leuchtag: Ten watch.
> > Mr. Leuchtag: Such much?
> > Carl: Hm [that is, "Wow"].
> > Carl [reverting to (nearly) standard English]  You will get along
> > beautiful in America, mm-hmm.
>
>I mentioned this on Twitter back when Gretchen's Toast piece came out:
>
>https://twitter.com/bgzimmer/status/431907037325590528
>
>Linked therein:
>
>http://elanchana.tumblr.com/post/66428158734/i-call-this-one-doge-ablanca
>
>--bgz
>
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