Name rhyme

S04E20 The Junior MintretroAug 10, 1999, 3:29 PM ET6 years later10 posts by 7 posters

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Fans identify the episode where Jerry dates a woman whose name rhymes with a female body part as "The Junior Mint" and confirm her name was Delores.

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Shaun DeanAug 10, 1999, 3:29 PM ET

I was watching Seinfeld the other night and they were showing highlights of the show. The showed a clip from he one where Jerry was dating the woman whose name rhymed with a female body part (I think that's what the story line was)....what was her name?

DaveAug 10, 1999, 7:02 PM ET↩ Shaun Dean

Delores.

Rhymes with clitoris.

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SteveAAug 10, 1999, 7:27 PM ET↩ Shaun Dean

Shaun Dean wrote in message ...

Her name was Delores (which actually doesn't *really* rhyme with any female body part). Others they tried were: Mulva, Gipple, Hest, Celest, Aretha, and Joseph Puglioni. This was episode 58, "The Junior Mint."

Trevor SmithsonAug 10, 1999, 8:04 PM ET↩ SteveA

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 18:26:36 -0500, "SteveA" wrote:

Rhymes with one pronunciation or "clitoris".

DaveAug 10, 1999, 8:13 PM ET↩ SteveA

Merriam Webster says it does. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=clitoris

Others they tried were: Mulva, Gipple, Hest, Celest, Aretha,

Actually, I think it was Joseph Puglia.

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SteveAAug 11, 1999, 10:58 PM ET↩ Dave

Dave:

My Webster's II New Riverside Dictionary has two pronunciations for it. Both show the accent on the first syllable and the second syllable has the schwa (spelling?) sound. Like CLIT-er-is. Six to one, half-dozen to the other (or, a rose by any other name...which is more apt here, I think). You're right about Joseph Puglia, though.

Steve

DaveAug 12, 1999, 12:56 PM ET↩ SteveA

If that's the case, then I wouldn't say you were wrong, but I would say that your dictionary is, however slightly, incomplete.

I don't know what the difference between the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and the Webster's II New Riverside Dictionary is, but whatever the difference is, the acceptable pronunciation that's missing from your dictionary is a small manifestation of it.

That line, as with most of that episode, is burned into my brain. :)

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aloeAug 17, 1999, 4:42 AM ET↩ Dave

Dave wrote:

Direct descendant of Noah Webster's dictionary, considered by many scholars the authority on American English (although not nearly as extensive as Oxford English Dictionary).

Never heard of it. Anyone can call a dictionary "Webster's". It's not a trademark.

Wylou114Aug 11, 1999↩ SteveA

you forgot bovary

Phil R.Aug 12, 1999↩ SteveA

SteveA typed:

>Her name was Delores (which

Awwww. How cute. : )

Phil