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I'm eager to know one word in Kathy and Bert's book

 
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What does the word "Duh" mean and how to pronunce it? I know it's somewhat trivial but it appeared so frequently in Kathy and Bert's book, I looked it up on webster.com, babylon, and numerous other dictionaries but didn't find the entry. I am provoked, it could be the biggest mystery in this nice book. I urge to know Anyone could offer some good explaination? Thank you very much in advance!
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duh
I don't have a copy of Kathy & Bert's book, so post an example if it's not clear how the definition applies. Note that while it may be "derisive" it's often meant in a friendly, good-natured way. Depends on context I suppose.
 
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Thanks to Mr. Yingst!
Oops, how stupid I was, I just looked up on webster with the keyword "Duh" but not "duh"

The source text from Kathy and Bert's book:

Besides those three, we also have the following scenarios in which a thread might
leave the running state:
■ The thread�s run() method completes. Duh.
■ A call to wait() on an object (we don�t call wait() on a thread, as we�ll
see in a moment)
■ A thread can�t acquire the lock on the object whose method code it�s
attempting to run.



KeywordTest.java:4: �goto� not supported. Duh.


Okay, so far they are the only occurrences I've got in the book, it happened that I met them within one hour ( was studying the thread chapter and the first chapter ).
Thank Mr. Yingst again

Regards,
Ellen
ps: I have answered your "first and most important" question in another thread, Mr. Yingst.
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Ellen -
We are hoping people will laugh a little when they read the book... it's more fun that way, and we believe it actually makes learning more effective !
-Bert
 
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Originally posted by Bert Bates:
Ellen -
We are hoping people will laugh a little when they read the book... it's more fun that way, and we believe it actually makes learning more effective !
-Bert


Hey Bert,
It's really a great enjoyment to read your book! I laughed not a little but a lot while reading it. And it's awfully true that you are making " complicated things seem damn simple ". A good job you've done! Of course that makes learningmuch more effective. Thank you and Kathy very much.
Best Regards,
Ellen
P.S.: I often tended to type "Bart" when I spelled your name, sometimes really did that but later corrected the typo.
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Here�s the definition of "duh" from Merriam Webster�s Dictionary:


Main Entry: duh
Pronunciation: 'd&, usually with prolonged &
Function: interjection
Date: 1974
1 -- used to express actual or feigned ignorance or stupidity
2 -- used derisively to indicate that something just stated is all too obvious or self-evident


ps. It doesn�t matter if you enter "Duh" or "duh", they both give the same result.
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There's also, the ever popularized phrase: Doh!
'Doh' from the Oxford English Dictionary:
"Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish. Also (usu. mildly derogatory): implying that another person has said or done something foolish (cf. DUH int.)."
and 'Duh' from Oxford English Dictionary:
"Expressing inarticulacy or incomprehension. Also (usu. mildly derogatory): implying that another person has said something foolish or extremely obvious."
 
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[Francisco]: Here�s the definition of "duh" from Merriam Webster�s Dictionary:
Well yes, that is what I linked to earlier after all...
It's too bad the OED isn't freely available online, or I'd link to it too.
[Ellen]: Okay, so far they are the only occurrences I've got in the book, it happened that I met them within one hour ( was studying the thread chapter and the first chapter ).
I think in most of these cases you can translate "duh" as "the preceding statement should probably seem obvious now that it's been pointed out (if it wasn't already)".
[Ellen]: ps: I have answered your "first and most important" question in another thread, Mr. Yingst.
I saw that, thanks. And "Jim" is fine. Most of us at JavaRanch are pretty informal. (Hmmm, I hope we're not inadvertently offending those who are used to more formal language - that's not the intent of course.)
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Thanks to Francisco, Jessica and Jim. Your explainations made more sense than the dictionaries.
To Fransisco,
Duh really didn't work when I tried webster yesterday ( maybe some error due to my web browser ). The other dics I used were: Leo; Tiger, babylon, and two small paper dics on my desk. This word was born in 1974, maybe the dics I looked up were not new enough.
 
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Ellen, I�m glad I could help. About the dics, I�m sure it wasn�t your fault, we all have our "bad web days" and I�m sorry if I passed the wrong impression. I really prefer Merriam Webster�s, it�s free and it�s the most complete dictionary I�ve found so far.
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