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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread diddums #102216 05/01/2003 2:59 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass a UK subscriber suggested this word to me. is it in common use? it would seem to lend itself only to sarcasm. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102217 05/01/2003 3:28 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK When someone is lamenting about some minor disappointment, one might say, "Ahhh. Diddums." I guess the intent is to take a gentle poke at them for being a bit babyish, but I would say that it is not meant to be hurtful. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102218 05/01/2003 3:37 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 What USns might say, "Poor baby"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102219 05/01/2003 3:45 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Yuh goddit. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102220 05/01/2003 4:17 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... What a terrific word for 'poor baby'! I wouldn't say 'poor baby' to anybody, but diddums, I would. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102221 05/03/2003 3:25 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok I don't know how common (or not) this is, but when one of us kids was doing a hollywood over something, my mother would often say "Diddums wazzums chooo". Sarcastically or ironically, depending on context, I guess. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102222 05/03/2003 10:51 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... And, pfranz, 'doing a Hollywood over something' is a useful phrase, too. Plan on using it first chance I get. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102223 05/03/2003 11:47 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont "Diddums wazzums chooo this reminds me of some song...? diddum diddum wattum choo... anybody? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102224 05/03/2003 12:41 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) nancyk addict nancyk addict Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) Three Little Fishies Down in a meadow In an itty bitty pool Swam three little fishies And a mommy fishie too Swim said the momma fishie, Swim if you can So they swam and they swam Right over the damn Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo And they swam and they swam Right over the damn. Stop cried the mommy fish Or you will get lost But the three little fishies Didn't wanna be bossed The three little fishies Went off on a spree And they swam and they swam Right out to the sea Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo And they swam and they swam Right out to the sea Wee squealed the fishies We're havin some fun We'll swim in the sea Till the day is done They swam and they swam Until it was dark When all of a sudden They saw shark Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Till all of a sudden They saw a shark Help cried the fishies Look at the whale And quick as they could They turned on their tail And back to the itty bitty pool they swam And they swam and they swam Back over the damn Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo Boop Boop diddum daddum waddum choo And they swam and they swam Back over the damn This is the one I remember hearing - one link said it was from 1939 - a little before my time but Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102225 05/03/2003 1:50 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Oh, thank you, Nancy! My mother used to sing that--no wonder CK's mother's phrase sounded familiar to me, too! Though she didn't sing it AT me--*I* was a good girl. <eg> Mercy--obviously that song got world-wide playing! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums and Reverend Shannon #102226 05/03/2003 1:57 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... That song is one that drives the Reverend Lawrence Shannon up the wall as he acts as the tour guide through Mexico for the Baptist college ladies who keep singing it and other nursery songs. "Fantastic, fantastic..." he keeps mumbling to himself. Burton is brilliant as Shannon in "Night of the Iguana." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102227 05/03/2003 3:12 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Three Little Fishies that's it! thanks, Nancy!! although, this song is definitely an earworm, so I may be mad at you later... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102228 05/04/2003 2:02 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky You're darned tootin' it is, eta! I've had those 3 lines (well, one, really) running through my head off and on all day, through an afternoon of shopping and then watching the Kentucky Derby (on TV). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102229 05/04/2003 2:02 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky You're darned tootin' it is, eta! I've had those 3 lines (well, one, really) running through my head off and on all day, through an afternoon of shopping and then watching the Kentucky Derby (on TV). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102230 05/04/2003 7:46 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta In reply to: You're darned tootin' I think I've only ever heard this on Westerns before. I understand it as an emphatic agreement, but why should it be? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102231 05/04/2003 9:57 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 You're darned tootin' only ever heard this on Westerns And even then, only from the grizzled old sidekick. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102232 05/05/2003 1:20 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky but why should it be? Why shouldn't it be, gol-durn it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102233 05/05/2003 2:33 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta All right, I'll rephrase the question: Where does the expression 'darned tootin" come from? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter darned tootin' #102234 05/05/2003 12:16 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Kentucky? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102235 05/05/2003 12:41 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA birdfeed member birdfeed member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA From a mommy and daddy expression that loved each other very much? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: diddums #102236 05/05/2003 7:53 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok No, I like Kentucky. Seems ... right, somehow ... 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