etymology of "yadda, yadda, yadda"
Tomoyuki Tanaka
what's the etymology of "yadda, yadda, yadda" (sp?)?
is it from the Japanese "yada"?
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Don Kirkman
It has come to my attention that Tomoyuki Tanaka wrote in article
<5u5uor$1kh$1...@mark.ucdavis.edu>:
>what's the etymology of "yadda, yadda, yadda" (sp?)?
>is it from the Japanese "yada"?
No, it's from the paleolithic English. One early fragment has recently
been translated: "Fred, did you take out the trash yet?" "No, yada
stop nagging me." In the neolithic and monolithic eras it apparently
developed into a synonym for nagging or unnecessary or meaningless
chatter.
--
Don
Don Kirkman
It has come to my attention that The Wrights wrote in article
<3408B6...@lafn.org>:
>Don Kirkman wrote:
>Let me add this. In an old Lenny Bruce routine talking about a prison
>movie, the kindly prison chaplin is trying to talk to "Dutch" who is
>leading the riot. "Dutch" interrupts the priest with "Yada yada
>father", and the priest replies something like "I'm sorry I ever gave
>you that library card". From this, I had to assume that the phrase
>either had some referent in an earlier prison movie, or in literature.
>I rather doubt that it has any Japanese origin, unlike the comic strip
>"Mutt and Jeff" which I understand was stolen from Japanese sources.
Whaddaya tryna do, get serious about "yadda yadda"? About Mutt & Jeff,
do you mean they were stolen from Japanese sources back in the 1930s
when they were popular? At one time that was among the longest lived
comic strips in US newspapers; I for one read it before WW II.
--
Don
oj...@sukebe.na.yatsu
In article <5u5uor$1kh$1...@mark.ucdavis.edu>, ez07...@dilbert.ucdavis.edu
says...
>
> what's the etymology of "yadda, yadda, yadda" (sp?)?
>
> is it from the Japanese "yada"?
>
>
> (please do not call me "Tanaka-san", as white comedians often do
> to ridicule the Japanese and Japanese Americans.)
>
> ;;; TANAKA Tomoyuki (Please call me "Mr. Tanaka" or "Tomoyuki".)
> ;;;
> ;;; For <soc.culture.japan> and <soc.culture.asian.american> FAQ
> ;;; files, see <http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/tanaka.html>.
> ;;;
> ;;; e-mail: tan...@ucdavis.edu or tan...@indiana.edu
>
Ahh, Tanaka, you have changed your signature to something that is sure to
get you in trouble.
Anyway, I think your "yadda yadda yadda" is just a different spelling for
"yada yada yada". At least that is my vote.
Where did you find this?
Tomoyuki Tanaka
what's the etymology of "yadda, yadda, yadda" (sp?)?
the phrase became really common in American English in
the last year or so. (why is this?)
is it (from) Yiddish?
or
Tomoyuki Tanaka
In article <8732096...@dejanews.com>,
<et...@fkym.daiichi-net.or.jp> wrote:
>
>> Anyway, I think your "yadda yadda yadda" is just
>> a different spelling for "yada yada yada". At
>> least that is my vote.
>
>different spelling for "yadder yadder yadder," ie
>"blah, blah, blah," etc., in dismissal of the
>previous post.
>
that's it.
"yadder yadder yadder" means "blah, blah, blah".
is it Yiddish?
earle jones
In article <5umtpk$rqh$1...@mark.ucdavis.edu>, ez07...@dilbert.ucdavis.edu
(Tomoyuki Tanaka) wrote:
>what's the etymology of "yadda, yadda, yadda" (sp?)?
>
>the phrase became really common in American English in
>the last year or so. (why is this?)
>
>is it (from) Yiddish?
>or
>is it from the Japanese "yada"?
>
--
Tanaka-san:
No. This expression is neither from the Japanese nor the Yiddish.
It comes from a phonetic approximation to mindless chatter, "Yadda, yadda",
similar to the expression "Blah, blah, blah!"
It is somewhat like the Japanese expression, "Shabu shabu", referring to a
typed of boiled meat/vegetable dish where the name approximates the sound
of washing clothes in a river or stream.
earle
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In article <5uqfe7$rf2$1...@mark.ucdavis.edu>, ez07...@dilbert.ucdavis.edu
(Tomoyuki Tanaka) wrote:
Ist Nie du Yiddisher
If my memory is still functional after the plane ride from Osaka to the US
this weekend, I belive it comes from an old James Cagney movie where he is
in Jail and during the jail/riot bit where he shouts out the window
"Yadda, Yadda, Warden... Yadda, Yadda" before dieing in a gun battle
Probably some hollywood script writers version of a euphamistic obscenity
cleaned up for a 1930's movie audience.
Dean
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Tomoyuki Tanaka
In article <ejones-ya0236800...@206.15.64.37>,
earle jones <ejo...@hooked.net> wrote:
>
>>what's the etymology of "yadda, yadda, yadda" (sp?)?
>>
>>the phrase became really common in American English in
>>the last year or so. (why is this?)
>>
>>is it (from) Yiddish?
>>or
>>is it from the Japanese "yada"?
>>
>--
>Tanaka-san:
i repeat,
please do not call me "Tanaka-san", as white comedians often do
to ridicule the Japanese and Japanese Americans.
>
>No. This expression is neither from the Japanese nor the Yiddish.
how do you know that?
>
>It comes from a phonetic approximation to mindless chatter, "Yadda, yadda",
>similar to the expression "Blah, blah, blah!"
>
>It is somewhat like the Japanese expression, "Shabu shabu", referring to a
>typed of boiled meat/vegetable dish where the name approximates the sound
>of washing clothes in a river or stream.
a bad example.
Robert Lieblich
Larry Phillips
Tomoyuki Tanaka wrote:
> i repeat,
> please do not call me "Tanaka-san", as white comedians often do
> to ridicule the Japanese and Japanese Americans.
Tanaka-san. Please note that I do not call you Tanaka-san as white
comedians often do to ridicule the Japanese and Japanese-Americans.
I call you that in what is, in essesnce, an attempt to be respectful.
If you have a problem with that, I can't help you.
oj...@sukebe.na.yatsu
> In article <8732096...@dejanews.com>,
> <et...@fkym.daiichi-net.or.jp> wrote:
> >
> >> Anyway, I think your "yadda yadda yadda" is just
> >> a different spelling for "yada yada yada". At
> >> least that is my vote.
> >
> >I believe in the context he used it, it was a
> >different spelling for "yadder yadder yadder," ie
> >"blah, blah, blah," etc., in dismissal of the
> >previous post.
> >
>
> that's it.
>
> "yadder yadder yadder" means "blah, blah, blah".
>
> is it Yiddish?
>
>
Tanaka, why do make racial, biggoted assumptions that this is Yiddish?
Do you hate and disrespect all Jewish people?
Gary Rumain
oj...@sukebe.na.yatsu wrote:
(someone named tanaka wrote:)
: > "yadder yadder yadder" means "blah, blah, blah".
: >
: > is it Yiddish?
: >
: >
:
: Tanaka, why do make racial, biggoted assumptions that this is Yiddish?
:
: Do you hate and disrespect all Jewish people?
While I appreciate the support, & suppression of bigotry, I didn't see
anything that was especially insulting - did I miss something?
Susan Cohen
--
"Those who study history are doomed to watch others repeat it."
Mark Odegard
[Posted, e-mailed] On 10 Sep 1997 16:41:14 GMT,
ez07...@dilbert.ucdavis.edu (Tomoyuki Tanaka) in
<5v6ija$1se$1...@mark.ucdavis.edu> wrote
>i repeat,
>please do not call me "Tanaka-san", as white comedians often do
>to ridicule the Japanese and Japanese Americans.
Mirror-mirror on the wall
who has lost the most face of all
Tanaka-san, of course.
--
Mark Odegard ode...@ptel.net
[e-mailed copies of responses to my postings are welcomed]
Robert Lieblich
Gary Rumain wrote:
>
> oj...@sukebe.na.yatsu wrote:
>
> (someone named tanaka wrote:)
> : > "yadder yadder yadder" means "blah, blah, blah".
> : >
> : > is it Yiddish?
> : >
> : >
> :
> : Tanaka, why do make racial, biggoted assumptions that this is Yiddish?
> :
> : Do you hate and disrespect all Jewish people?
>
> While I appreciate the support, & suppression of bigotry, I didn't see
> anything that was especially insulting - did I miss something?
Apparently you have missed Tanaka's record of appalling participation in
this NG. Be especially careful not to try to be polite to him. It
invariably boomerangs.
Bob Lieblich <lieb...@erols.com> - the voice of experience.
oj...@sukebe.na.yatsu
In article <5v8698$i...@clarknet.clark.net>, sher...@clark.net says...
> oj...@sukebe.na.yatsu wrote:
>
> (someone named tanaka wrote:)
> : > "yadder yadder yadder" means "blah, blah, blah".
> : >
> : > is it Yiddish?
> : >
> : >
> :
> : Tanaka, why do make racial, biggoted assumptions that this is Yiddish?
> :
> : Do you hate and disrespect all Jewish people?
>
> While I appreciate the support, & suppression of bigotry, I didn't see
> anything that was especially insulting - did I miss something?
>
If you have ever followed Tanaka's posts, you would realize that I was
being facecious. An example of Tanaka jumping to conclusions.
Tina Anderson
Robert Lieblich (lieb...@erols.com) wrote:
: Gary Rumain wrote:
: > oj...@sukebe.na.yatsu wrote:
: >
: > While I appreciate the support, & suppression of bigotry, I didn't see
: > anything that was especially insulting - did I miss something?
: Apparently you have missed Tanaka's record of appalling participation in
: this NG.
And which of the five listed and barely related newsgroups would that be?
Not SCJewish, where Susan and I are posting from.
Be especially careful not to try to be polite to him. It
: invariably boomerangs.
: Bob Lieblich <lieb...@erols.com> - the voice of experience.
--
----Chana Sarah bat Avraham v'Sarah
oj...@sukebe.na.yatsu
In article <5vcg5u$8...@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
tand...@freenet.columbus.oh.us says...
> Robert Lieblich (lieb...@erols.com) wrote:
> : Gary Rumain wrote:
> : > oj...@sukebe.na.yatsu wrote:
> : > : Do you hate and disrespect all Jewish people?
> : >
> : > While I appreciate the support, & suppression of bigotry, I didn't see
> : > anything that was especially insulting - did I miss something?
>
> : Apparently you have missed Tanaka's record of appalling participation in
> : this NG.
>
> And which of the five listed and barely related newsgroups would that be?
>
> Not SCJewish, where Susan and I are posting from.
>
Sorry. That you would have to ask Tanaka, the originator of these posts.