Anyone ever notice how Opie...

[Diceman Cometh]

always puts the word "the" before a noun when you dont usually put "the" there?

Example:

"Eh, not too happy with the Halo"

"I looove the Redbull"

I'm pretty sure its got to be a regional thing...where you think he picked that up? Long Island? Boston?

[JhaxShucksChock]

I'm from around the tri-state area and I've heard people say it too, I say it sometimes every once in a while as a goof and the only people who look at me funny are usually people not from around here. Maybe it's just a NJ, NYC, LI thing.

[roche]

Geeze fellas, I don't wanna catch the Aids!

[Diceman Cometh]

Geeze fellas, I don't wanna catch the Aids!


hehe, exactly

[Rob]

i never noticed...

[generoso]

Thats nice start another thread the will rip on tomorrow. maybe a longisland thing I also do that now that i am thinking about it. So whats THE problem.

[DonkeySausage]

I'm from around the tri-state area and I've heard people say it too, I say it sometimes every once in a while as a goof and the only people who look at me funny are usually people not from around here. Maybe it's just a NJ, NYC, LI thing.


I know alot of people from the bronx and call the highway "The 95". Irks the S out of me. :cussing

[HUMMERJON]

Opie jumbles his words all the time, norton used to bust him on every single mush mouthed fuck up but he lightened up so they can get on with the show. I can just see norton and ant look at each other when opie marbles a word. I think the "the" thing is intentional

[gumhead]

"People are raging on me again from the wackbag.com"

[Diceman Cometh]

"People are raging on me again from the wackbag.com"

haha

btw, generoso, there's no fucken problem. It was just a quirky thing I noticed. I never implied that it was a "problem" or "mistake"....I was just curious where it comes from (I'm an amatuer linguist)

[Diceman Cometh]

Opie jumbles his words all the time, norton used to bust him on every single mush mouthed fuck up but he lightened up so they can get on with the show. I can just see norton and ant look at each other when opie marbles a word. I think the "the" thing is intentional

And norton correcting Opie is fucken hilarious...Opie never used to be so mush-mouthed until norton was there ragging on him every time. You just know Opie is always on edge, trying so hard not to fuck up cuz he knows norton is there to trash him, which only makes him even more nervous.

Hilarious.

And no, Opie, I'm not bashing you. I call my girlfriend mush-mouth. Its a term of endearment.

Luv ya

[Sinn Fein]

Alot of people I know often put an extaneous "the" in front of other things. I've done it myself. It's no big deal.

"Yea, I'm liking the XM."

as opposed to

"Yea, I like XM."

[NJisSexiest]

always puts the word "the" before a noun when you dont usually put "the" there?

Example:

"Eh, not too happy with the Halo"

"I looove the Redbull"

I'm pretty sure its got to be a regional thing...where you think he picked that up? Long Island? Boston?


well its not a jersey thing.. well not at least a jersey shore thing. cause no one i know talks like that.

[JhaxShucksChock]

well its not a jersey thing.. well not at least a jersey shore thing. cause no one i know talks like that.


Come on, everyone knows the Jersey Shore and everything else in South Jersey might as well be sent on over to Pennsylvania anyway.

And on that note, I'm off to the bar for some shots of the jager.

[FANDICK]

Hope they bash you guys again for pointing out these little speech anomolies.

lol

[Diceman Cometh]

Hope they bash you guys again for pointing out these little speech anomolies.

lol


I am always honored to be mentioned, directly or indirectly, by anyone on the show :icon_mrgr

[Carl Spackler]

Norm MacDonald used to do that in his impression of Letterman on SNL...

"So.. you enjoy the Arliss?"

[caniseeyourtaint]

I don't think its a regional thing. Just one of those fad things....picked up from a movie or tv show. Maybe The Rock had something to do with it? lol

[Stinkysteve]

Sounds like something from Waynes World...

[mascan42]

Norm MacDonald used to do that in his impression of Letterman on SNL...

"So.. you enjoy the Arliss?"Letterman does that all the time . . . "So Tom, tell me about your new movie, the Mission Impossible". I noticed it a long time ago. Nobody I know on Long Island does it, so I don't know where it comes from.

[generoso]

haha

btw, generoso, there's no fucken problem. It was just a quirky thing I noticed. I never implied that it was a "problem" or "mistake"....I was just curious where it comes from (I'm an amatuer linguist)
It's all good never said it was a problem. I just spit my coffee if I hear Opie metion this thread. And just in case OnA are reading this I have no problems with it.

[OVERMAN]

It's all good never said it was a problem. I just spit my coffee if I hear Opie metion this thread. And just in case OnA are reading this I have no problems with it.
It's all good? Way to spit that 1994 lingo, Captin Kangaroo. :icon_wink

I do it sometimes too, say the before a noun. It's silly.

[C Word Alert]

Try being a "west coast jizzbag" like myself and go to the east coast or midwest and say "hella" every fourth word like we love to do out here. We have no idea how fucking gay we sound.

Oh yeah, anthony can go ahead and quote Fargo for four hours straight every day and I'll be one happy son of a bitch. "he's fleeing the interview, he's fleeing the interview, Yaaaaaah!" That shit is fucking hilarious.

[iSpeakEloquent]

its not a regional thing, its just an expression. You hear it more with the upper class people referring to something. "We like the Ron and Fez" "I got a show here on the NBC" I'm not too much into the anal sex"

[iSpeakEloquent]

also when i think about it i hear pepe le pue saying it in my head so maybe it originates from a frenchman trying to speak english "I have...what do americans call....the full blow aids?"

[generoso]

It's all good? Way to spit that 1994 lingo, Captin Kangaroo. :icon_wink

I do it sometimes too, say the before a noun. It's silly.
I'm never gonna get over the kangaroo thing am I. Opps but breaking news Yassar Arafat just died was reported on CNN.

[orangeagent]

i'm from Cleveland and i put "the" in front of my nouns all the time. *shrugs* dunno why, just force of habit, i guess.

[EdC]

On the Seinfeld TV show there were a lot of people who used the same mannerisms. "Gotta love the Drake" for example.

You guys keep Fucking with Opie he's going to "but" is foot up your ass.

[Stingray]

I dont believe this thread even exists! :icon_eek:

[Douche_Chills]

And norton correcting Opie is fucken hilarious...Opie never used to be so mush-mouthed until norton was there ragging on him every time.


Remember when Opie said "A River Run Throughs It (I think)" and Norton says something like "Your the star of the show, just add an "S" wherever you feel it's neccesary." Opie's awful command of the English language makes for great radio.

[BobSaget666]

I never noticed the "but" thing until they mentioned it...now it drives me crazy.

[DoughBoy]

In regards to the whole "the-noun" thing... its comedic. Funny. Haha. Gets a laugh. I seriously doubt that it is actually a part of his vernacular.

[loser1866]

I think the "the" thing is intentional

I would bet on it !!

C.

[Dutch Clutch]

The "The" thing is regional IMO. A north-east thing.

In Jersey we went "Down da shore" here in Maryland they "Go to the Beach".

Noone says beach in jersey!

[DoughBoy]

The "The" thing is regional IMO. A north-east thing.

In Jersey we went "Down da shore" here in Maryland they "Go to the Beach".

Noone says beach in jersey!
Bzzzt. Wrong. Only the fucking shitbags that come 'down the shore' and shit up our towns over the summer call it 'Down Da Shore'. Any locals call it the beach.

[NJisSexiest]

Bzzzt. Wrong. Only the fucking shitbags that come 'down the shore' and shit up our towns over the summer call it 'Down Da Shore'. Any locals call it the beach.
what he said!

[sued]

OK, No one is going to like to hear this but I think its from Sex and the City. I think Carrie used to say that all the time. Also some men on the show, too. Sorry guys. OK, I'm braced for the backlash-don't hit me too hard. wince, wince.

[sued]

Wow! My bad! It WAS originally from Seinfeld. Sex and the City ripped it off. My overeager posting. Well, it doesn't sound fruity now. More better.

[Hoagie]

It's just a comedic way of speaking. Comics have been doing it for decades.

[kloraferm]

I've actually found myself doing that now, and I know I caught it from Op (at least I think I did), but I thought he picked it up from Mario Cantone.