200q20v entry on the Knowledgebase

Kent McLean kentmclean at comcast.net
Sat Feb 20 05:54:11 PST 2010


Phil Rose wrote:
> At 1:21 PM -0500 2/19/10, Kent McLean wrote:
>> Phil Rose wrote:
>>> At 2:15 PM -0800 2/18/10, christopher locke wrote:
>>>> DOH that is great!!!!!!!!!  Just to know it's there is great!  Thanks!
>>>
>>> "DOH"????????
>>
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doh!>
>>
>> HTH.
> 
> Kent,
> Thanks,  I'm aware of that wiki.  I'd already checked it before I 
> posted, ( to be certain of the accepted use of the expression, D'OH).
> BTW, here's the "definition" given in that wiki; it's exactly what I 
> take as the meaning:
> 
> "used to comment on an action perceived as foolish or stupid."
> 
> Based on that widespread understanding of the expression, my post was 
> intended to question the OP's intent in using DOH in his post. Words do 
> have meanings. It seemed pretty negative (and probably inappropriate) 
> kind of expression to use there. This one doesn't convey what the user 
> intended ("WOW"). Perhaps he can be excused if "Homer Simpson" isn't his 
> native language. ;-)

D'oh!

:)

-- 
Kent McLean
1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"



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