Since I have started telling you English words that I simply have a hard time pronouncing, I thought I’d mention this:
What is up with the name DOUG?
I tried and tried and so far I don’t think I’ve managed to pronounce this name correctly. It sounds somewhere in the spectrum between “dog” and “da-g”. People are always going, “Huh? Dog? What?” Seriously? If I am talking about a person, WHAT OTHER NAME is there that sounds remotely like DOG other than DOUG?
One of the guys living in our street is named Doug. So far I have been referring to him as “so and so’s husband” and “so and so’s dad”. If I have to get his attention, well, I hope that day never comes because I really don’t want to be calling him “DOG!”
Yes, I am obsessed. It really bothers me that somehow I cannot master such a simple word. When I go to a social occasion, I actually consciously hope that nobody I meet there is named Doug. And keeping my fingers crossed, so far, nobody at work has this name. KNOCK ON WOOD! It would not look good if I constantly refer to a colleague as “Dog”. HR will come-a-calling soon.
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This cracks me up. We have a friend named Doug. My 2 year old calls him “Bug.” Somehow it works. Give it a try!
Bug bug bug. I like that. 🙂
The title alone is hilarious.
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Awesome! Now I am getting a big head.
Okay, here’s your practice.
“Uuuuuuuuh. Uuuuuuuuuuuh.” Stick your lower jaw as far backward as possible.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuh. Duuuuuuuuuuuuuug.”
And then just rotate through these: Man, Buddy, Friend, and Kitch’s suggestion of Dude. Might as well pretend you forgot his name, because being embarrassed that you can’t remember is better than being honest about how awful his name is.
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LOL. That’s a good call!
I can’t help but think of that scene from The Cutting Edge.
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Wow. You remember the characters’ names so well! Most of the time I only remember their names if their names happen to be the titles of the movies.
Dear All, are you telling me that all these years of agonizing over how to pronounce DOUG and it sounds exactly like DUG?
Now I feel stupid because I can say DUG very well. I say “I dug myself into a deep hole” all the time.
Thank you all the English lesson. Now I can go forth and make friends with DOUGs. I however will continue to shun the RONs.
So, uh, how would you say dug, as in “I dug a hole in the ground?” Same word.
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I like this. Very practical. As Miss B suggested in her email to me just use it in a sentence such as “I dug a hole for the body of the guy I just stabbed…”
I would keeping going with dog, because that’s what Randy Jackson from American Idol calls EVERYONE.
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If Doug’s wife were gorgeous, I could have said, “You DOG you!”
I spell my name JACK but I pronounce it Doug.
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Damn, man. Now we cannot be friends. That, and the restraining order you put on me…
Now, why can’t I come up with a witty comment like Kitchen Witch? The best I can come up with to write, is that knowing someone named “Doug” will make me want to call him “Dog” from this day forward.
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So it it true that native speakers never think the name reminds them of Dog? Interesting…
When I read this I get a little sad because I know you are somewhere giving an important presentation.
Then I think about all the Doug’s I know and I scratch my head because it turns out I don’t know any.
If I ever DO come in contact with and befriend a Doug however I will promptly try out Patty Punkers idea.
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Thank you. 🙂 I did not call my bosses DOG or DOUG. So all is well.
You crack me up. I will admit I particularly like saying the name “Doug” in French. It comes out “Doog.” Don’t know why that tickles me (go figure), but it sure doo(g).
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Woooooo. French pronunciation. I am laughing now imagining myself faking a very bad French accent (a la Steve Marin in Pink Panther) calling people DOOG. LOL
Okay, I was going to be all sympathetic and shit, then I read pattypunker’s comment and you lost me. Her rug muncher comment got me! WTF??!! Now, when you see your neighber Doug, no worries whatsoever about mispronouncing his name, just hope you don[t mistakenly blurt out “rugmuncher”. Easy peasy, ala pattypunker. ROFLMFAO!!!!
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Perhaps it would be best for me to not coment after drinkin
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No m’lady. You should ALWAYS have some drink before you comment. :0)
That’s so funny. I do that “so and so’s father” or “X’s husband” because I’m constantly forgetting names, like of people I should know. It just seems that now, with being 50 and all, I’ve known so many people from so many places – jobs, schools, exercise classes, synagogues, etc. – that I can’t keep everything straight. My mind goes blank. I need notecards.
Just make everybody wear a name tag. Name tags are in now.
ok, think carpet-muncher. and the easy peasy way to say that is rug-muncher. and what ryhmes with rug is doug. does doug wear a rug? (yeah, i have no idea either.)
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Wow. Dr. Seuss! LOL
Can you say “Duh?” No, no… Put the the switchblade down! I meant can you literally say the word “duh?” Doug is like “Duh” with a “g” on the end of it. The one I know though, he’s mostly just like “Duh.”
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Good. I did not want to have to cut you. LOL.
I wish I knew a Doug. I’d send this along.
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It is never too late to make friends based on what their names are. 😉
Hmm… did you ever notice that Doug spelled backwards is God? Creepy.
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Even creepier is that it is a dog after it swallowed U whole.
It’s the past tense of dig – as in “can you dig it?” So instead of saying, “I did so-and-so’s husband’s lime green capri pants,” you can say, “I totally dug Doug’s orange, flowered headband at the last cotillion.”
I know. You’re welcome.
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I wish my neighbors were as cool as your family.
LOL. 😉
Maybe the rhyming thing will work again? “Doug” rhymes with “bug.”
Wendy
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Or I can just call him BUG. LOL
If you ever meet a guy named Doug just refer to him as “dude.” Because all Dougs smoke weed.
This post made me giggle out loud.
Dude, you really get my wacked-out sense of humor. You on weed too? 😉
LOL! Forget that O, Girlfriend. Down here, he’d be Dug. Or maybe D-u-u-u-u-g.
What else can I translate for you in my attempt to make you a belle? 🙂
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How do you say “Quick I need a shot of vodka because I am sweating like a pig” down in the south?
p.s. You are like the reverse Jive-talking Lady on Airplane!
I think you need to go hard core gangsta style and call him D-Dog
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Great idea, C-Dog! (“th” is very hard for me too, you know…)