Elaine mispronounciations

Jan 15, 19989 posts by 9 posters
❓ Question

Fans discuss Elaine's mispronunciations throughout the series, sharing examples like "svenjolly" for Svengali and "stupid stuperstition," and noting similar quirks in other characters like Kramer.

9 posts
Rodney E.

There are episodes every so often that Elaine unconsciously mispronounces words. What were the others? besides:

svenjolly (svengali)

Rick Streeter↩ Rodney E.

Stupid stuperstition boogedy man

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Single White Male↩ Rick Streeter

On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Rick Streeter wrote:

are they just cases where JLD screwed up a word, the rest of the cast went along with it, and the directors left them in for effect? Another time, Elaine actually forgot Jerry's name ("You... whatever your name is...") and I can't believe that any writer would have ever thought of intentionally scripting this.

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Kojaxs↩ Single White Male

In article , Single White Male wrote:

I remember that ep. But in that scean Elaine was sort of grumpy. Also Jerry's real name is Jerry so I think it's scripted

I wished I had exposed myself, for now I see the nipple on your soul -Elaine Benes
M.L. Scott↩ Rodney E.

On 15 Jan 1998 03:27:43 GMT, "Rodney E." wrote:

"That's a stupid stuperstition" (viz George saying "God bless you"). I can't think of any others offhand.

Michael

Dave↩ Rodney E.

In , "Rodney E." writes:

Hmmm. I'll have to think about that. I know it happens to Kramer once in a while too:

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KrzyJay45↩ Dave

She also said "boyed" instead of "boeyed"~~I don't know how to spell that word.

JM↩ KrzyJay45

On 18 Jan 1998 00:41:44 GMT, [email] (KrzyJay45) wrote:

Do you mean "buoyed"?

Appreciative↩ JM

Now we know why Jerry thought the female body part sounded like Dolores! He obviously had heard Elaine talk about hers, and that's how she pronounced it.