Talk:doodah
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Not sure if there should be separate entries (doodad) – Jberkel (talk) 17:00, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
- @Jberkel It doesn't make sense to merge well attested headwords. Even alternate spellings are given their own pages, not merged into a single canonical entry. --Danielklein (talk) 22:36, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- Oh, that that four years ago, I think I have now a better understanding of how this thing works :) Still, these entries should probably be changed so that there is one main entry, with the remaining ones listed as alternative forms or synonyms, to avoid duplication. – Jberkel 22:55, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- I made doodah into an alt-spelling of doodad. The choice was totally arbitrary Kilo Lima Mike (talk) 20:42, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
What meaning is used here? Everybody sing this song, doo-dah, doo-dah --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:55, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
- I don't think it means anything, just used for the sound. General Vicinity (talk) 10:58, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
- On the other hand in w:Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band it means poop I believe. General Vicinity (talk) 11:02, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
- . Now that exhibit could accurately be described as being a load of complete doo - dah ! (Williams Way)
- a Stallion, a Mare,two Fillies and a Colt who all became a bit of a nuisance, one of them would dump their load of do dah, which one I would never know he or she would leave it in a steaming mass looking
- 'all you need is some wotcha-call – bird doo-dah, like – an' you-er plot down by yerr'll be producin' phenomenal lush veg (Rasmus: A Television Tale - Page 228)