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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread ratzelfratz! #196527 01/24/2011 4:03 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 has anyone ever heard an interjection such as given in the subject line? (I found evidence of a cartoon titled 'ratzafratz', but that doesn't sound quite right to me (and it's about mall rats, from 2007 - this word goes back much further..) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ratzelfratz! tsuwm #196529 01/24/2011 7:30 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA The sound Muttley used to make when he was swearing used to sound an awful lot like that. Here's a sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj3DBcpfMNQ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ratzelfratz! tsuwm #196532 01/24/2011 9:00 PM Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 164 Mississippi, United States Of ... AlimaeHP member AlimaeHP member Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 164 Mississippi, United States Of ... It sounds familiar, either from a book I read; I am thinking a childs book to one of my grand/babies, or a word spoken by my late grandmere. She was German. Rev. Alimae Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ratzelfratz! TheFallibleFiend #196534 01/24/2011 9:15 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 Originally Posted By: TheFallibleFiend The sound Muttley used to make when he was swearing used to sound an awful lot like that. I think you're right about a cartoon connection - which could also explain the subsequent ratzafratz. I don't recall seeing Muttley, but Hanna-Barbera churned out a lot of cartoons that I did see: Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Loopy De Loop, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Top Cat.. - and the voicing got passed around promiscuously. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ratzelfratz! tsuwm #196537 01/25/2011 12:42 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska I have used a variant of that for decades; probably a bit closer to "rezzafrazz," spoken low in the throat like a growl, to express mild annoyance or disappointment. Yes, Muttley is the likely source. I believe those cartoons first appeared when I was in college, where I found them to be a source of intellectual stimulation. Peter Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ratzelfratz! Tromboniator #196584 01/25/2011 6:00 PM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter addict bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth Oh I love Wacky Races! (That is the Muttley you refer to yes?) Always my favourite character...along with that 'cat' in The Flintstones...how I wish they were still broadcast! ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ratzelfratz! bexter #196593 01/25/2011 7:38 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Yes, "Wacky Races." I think they appeared in others, but I don't recall for sure, maybe "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ratzelfratz! tsuwm #196601 01/25/2011 11:46 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Gosh a mickle dickle pickle dog my cats and rowrbazzle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ratzelfratz! Faldage #196637 01/26/2011 1:55 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Faldo Also this out of the can in 1970 Ratz off to the mall Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ratzelfratz! Candy #196640 01/26/2011 2:05 AM 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 from the OP> (I found evidence of a cartoon titled 'ratzafratz', but that doesn't sound quite right to me (and it's about mall rats, from 2007 - this word goes back much further..) note date; but 1970?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ratzelfratz! tsuwm #196643 01/26/2011 2:14 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Originally Posted By: tsuwm - this word goes back much further..) of course, you are right the cartoon is an example of 'play on that word' Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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