Delores debate...

Here is the SeinFAQ entry in reponse to this ongoing thread.

5.5 Delores? Mulva? Gipple? (or What was Jerry's girlfriend's name in "The Junior Mint"?)

        During "The Junior Mint" Jerry realizes he doesn't know his
        girlfriend's name, but he does however know that her name rhymes
        with a female body part. Jerry and George think of a few names
        that it might be such as Gipple (nipple) and Mulva (vulva). Jerry
        calls her Mulva and the whole thing backfires and she breaks up
        with him.
        At the end of the episode Jerry calls out "Delores!", which rhymes
        with clitoris.

        The pronunciation of this word has been under debate in
        alt.tv.seinfeld for sometime. The entry for this word in Merriam
        Webster Dictionary,  located at
        http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary is;

        Main Entry: clitoris
        Pronunciation: 'kli-t&-r&s, kli-'tor-&s
        Function: noun
        Inflected Form(s): plural clitorides /kli-'tor-&-"dEz/
        Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kleitoris
        Date: 1615
        : a small erectile organ at the anterior or ventral part of the
        vulva homologous to the penis
        - clitoral /'kli-t&-r&l/ or clitoric /kli-'tor-ik, -'tr-/
        adjective

        In compliance with the pronunciation guide the word can be
        pronounced two ways; one rhymes with Delores and the other rhymes
        with "superstitious".

"You can't handle the truth"

Thank you for the well researched post, Adam. Generally speaking, in a dictionary the first pronunciation is considered the "more correct" of the two. My Webster's NewWorld Dictionary *only* lists the first pronunciation. Hence, I still believe that "clitoris" and "Delores" do not rhyme.

Mary

i've always pronounced it cli-TOR-is. thus rhyming with dolores

Not where I come from..... Maybe in America............. but not in my American dictionary.

I guess Delores is pronouced Del ER is

"Jacqueline" wrote:

Isn't everybody tired of this debate? Obviously Mulva's real name is Delores. That's the end of the discussion. Anyone who tells you otherwise is brain-dead.

Go find new windmills, please.

J

Jonah Trammel wrote in message ...

I don't think her name was Delores. In the episode she says she was ridiculded by other children growing up. Judging by her age (roughly mine, 32) I really don't think that kids would have been sophisticated enough to realize what a clitoris is, even in their juvenile state of mind.

Melissa "Budgie" Dirmeyer wrote:

But in a later episode, Jerry calls her Dolores to her face, so I would assume that it's her name, otherwise she would have corrected him.

Jaclyn

THAT'S ENOUGH, for Christ's sake. don't go overboard . . . remember that's it's a SHOW, and that show is written by WRITERS

Dolores rimes with what:______________

On 27 May 1998 04:32:17 GMT, [email] (Brantley30) wrote:

Roger Tanguay wrote:

Jonathan ([email]) wrote:

It's *spelled* "Dolores," but it's *pronounced* "Throatwobbler Mangrove."

Debate?...It's turning into a debacle. it's Dolores and that's it. Jerry remembers her name in the original episode...he runs into her in a later episode. Of course you are entitled to beat this thing to death ad infinitum

In article ,

Ho hum. I suppose those less educated will continue to have a problem with this for many years to come.

Gene4ally speaking, you are wrong. The first pronunciation may be the "most widely used", but this by no means implies "more correct".

My Webster's NewWorld Dictionary *only* lists the first pronunciation.

On Thu, 21 May 1998 07:44:45 -0700, Adam Rainbolt wrote:

Has it ever been explained why he didnt just ASK her right out? Sure it would be embarrassing, but it would have cut the misery short (which of course would destroy the humor, so I probably answered my own question).

He could have asked D-O-L-O-R-E-S to sign her name for a handwriting analysis, asked to see what her checks looked like, asked her for a business card, lots of things.

In article , [email] (D. P. Roberts) wrote:

George could have tried a little harder, too.

Hank Gillette

Hank Gillette wrote in message ...

business

But it was perfect the way George just threw it off without any prodding from jerry.