https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Dubaaron 2026-04-15T01:29:49Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1697:_Intervocalic_Fortition&diff=122242 2016-06-22T04:32:06Z

<p>Dubaaron: Remove my comment from bottom, as I added it properly as a comment instead. : )</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1697<br /> | date = June 22, 2016<br /> | title = Intervocalic Fortition<br /> | image = intervocalic_fortition.png<br /> | titletext = These pranks happen all the time. English doesn't allow one-syllable words to end in a lax vowel, so writers on The Simpsons decided to mess with future linguists by introducing the word &quot;meh.&quot;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page.}}<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Dubaaron https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1697:_Intervocalic_Fortition&diff=122241 2016-06-22T04:31:17Z

<p>Dubaaron: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~--&gt;<br /> The idea, stated in the alt-text, that &quot;meh&quot; was created by writers of &quot;The Simpsons&quot;, is incorrect. &quot;The Simpsons&quot;, however, was responsible for widely popularizing it. See [http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2013/09/06/meh_etymology_tracing_the_yiddish_word_from_leo_rosten_to_auden_to_the_simpsons.html] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meh] [[User:Dubaaron|Dubaaron]] ([[User talk:Dubaaron|talk]]) 04:31, 22 June 2016 (UTC)</div>

Dubaaron https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1697:_Intervocalic_Fortition&diff=122240 2016-06-22T04:29:47Z

<p>Dubaaron: Add discussion about origin of the word &quot;meh&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1697<br /> | date = June 22, 2016<br /> | title = Intervocalic Fortition<br /> | image = intervocalic_fortition.png<br /> | titletext = These pranks happen all the time. English doesn't allow one-syllable words to end in a lax vowel, so writers on The Simpsons decided to mess with future linguists by introducing the word &quot;meh.&quot;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page.}}<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> The idea, stated in the alt-text, that &quot;meh&quot; was created by writers of &quot;The Simpsons&quot;, is incorrect. &quot;The Simpsons&quot;, however, was responsible for widely popularizing it. See [http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2013/09/06/meh_etymology_tracing_the_yiddish_word_from_leo_rosten_to_auden_to_the_simpsons.html] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meh]</div>

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