Anyone know the reason why Homer sometimes adds "ma" to words? Like "saxa-ma-phone" or "maca-ma-damia nuts"?
Why does Homer say....
Oct 14, 2002, 11:45 AM ET17 posts by 14 postersalt.tv.simpsons
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"Stephen Poston" wrote in message news:NEBq9.29912$[email]...
It's just a Homerism I suppose. (Uh dunno)
Tram-a-paline.
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People get confused when pronouncing big words, I guess - usually it's something more unusual like aposiopesis or tetrafluoride, or even longer, but maybe those more moderately sized words are harder for him to comprehend. Or he's being playful. But I think it's the former.
Stephen Poston wrote:
"Matt Garvey" wrote in message news:[email]...
see how i no long say libery or tomorry
"BYOBB "the extra b is a typo"" wrote in message news:adGq9.4466$[email]...
It doesn't take a nuculer scientist to pronounce foilage
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Stephen Poston wrote in message news:NEBq9.29912$[email]...
he misses his ma
Oooo. That was very psychoanalytic.
It's just some silly thingamajig the writer's came up with.
Errrr, "writers"...
"DonB" wrote in message news:[email]...
What like a yak in heat?
"DonB" wrote in message news:[email]...
because he's an idiot?
Those are perfectly cromulent pronuncications.
Oh get lost!
Don't get your panties in a bind, little boy.
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