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'''A Raspberry Pattern''' or '''The Raspberry Pattern''' represents the form that the mouth takes as it produces a noise similar to that created by flatulence, similar to that of gas as it is passed through the rectum. <ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=The+Raspberry+Pattern The Raspberry Pattern], Urbandictionary.com </ref> |
'''A Raspberry Pattern''' or '''The Raspberry Pattern''' represents the form that the mouth takes as it produces a noise similar to that created by flatulence, similar to that of gas as it is passed through the rectum. <ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=The+Raspberry+Pattern The Raspberry Pattern], Urbandictionary.com </ref> |
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| ⚫ | The term "Bronx cheer" is used sarcastically because it is not a cheer; it is used to show disapproval. The term originated as a reference to the sound used by some spectators in [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]], located in the [[Bronx]], [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hinkley|first=David|title=Scorn and disdain: Spike Jones giffs Hitler der old birdaphone, 1942|publisher= New York Daily News |date=March 3, 2004|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/03/03/2004-03-03_scorn_and_disdain_spike_jone.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Partridge|first=Eric|title=The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I|year=2006|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-25937-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4YfsEgHLjboC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&dq=%2522bronx+cheer%2522+etymology}}</ref> |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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Blowing a raspberry comes from the [[Cockney rhyming slang]] "raspberry tart," fart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/298362.html |title=Raspberry tart |publisher=Phrases.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2010-07-28}}</ref> Rhyming slang was particularly used in British comedy to refer to things which would be unacceptable to a polite audience, particularly on the [[BBC]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} |
Blowing a raspberry comes from the [[Cockney rhyming slang]] "raspberry tart," fart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/298362.html |title=Raspberry tart |publisher=Phrases.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2010-07-28}}</ref> Rhyming slang was particularly used in British comedy to refer to things which would be unacceptable to a polite audience, particularly on the [[BBC]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} |
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| ⚫ | The term "Bronx cheer" is used sarcastically because it is not a cheer; it is used to show disapproval. The term originated as a reference to the sound used by some spectators in [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]], located in the [[Bronx]], [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hinkley|first=David|title=Scorn and disdain: Spike Jones giffs Hitler der old birdaphone, 1942|publisher= New York Daily News |date=March 3, 2004|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/03/03/2004-03-03_scorn_and_disdain_spike_jone.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Partridge|first=Eric|title=The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I|year=2006|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-25937-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4YfsEgHLjboC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&dq=%2522bronx+cheer%2522+etymology}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 19:46, 24 March 2012
Blowing a raspberry or strawberry or making a Bronx cheer is to make a noise signifying derision, real or feigned. It is made by placing the tongue between the lips and blowing, making a sound redolent of flatulence. In the terminology of phonetics, this sound can be described as an unvoiced linguolabial trill [r̼̊]. It is never used in human language phonemically (i.e., to be used as a building block of words), but it is widely used across human cultures.
Nomenclature varies: in the United States, Bronx cheer is sometimes used; otherwise, there and in other English-speaking countries, it is known as a raspberry, rasp or razz – the origin of which is an instance of rhyming slang, in which the non-rhyming part of a rhyming phrase is used as a synonym. In this case, "raspberry tart" rhymes with "fart".[1] It was first recorded in 1890.[2]
A Raspberry Pattern or The Raspberry Pattern represents the form that the mouth takes as it produces a noise similar to that created by flatulence, similar to that of gas as it is passed through the rectum. [3]
Etymology
Blowing a raspberry comes from the Cockney rhyming slang "raspberry tart," fart.[4] Rhyming slang was particularly used in British comedy to refer to things which would be unacceptable to a polite audience, particularly on the BBC.[citation needed]
The term "Bronx cheer" is used sarcastically because it is not a cheer; it is used to show disapproval. The term originated as a reference to the sound used by some spectators in Yankee Stadium, located in the Bronx, New York City.[5][6]
See also
- Bilabial trill
- Joe Btfsplk
- Golden Raspberry Awards
- Linguistic universal
- The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town
References
- ^ Bryson, Bill (1990). The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way (Trade printing, September 1991 ed.). Avon Books. p. 238. ISBN 0-380-71543-0.
- ^ "raspberry". The Mavens' Word of the Day. Random House. 1998-04-13. Retrieved September 19, 2005.
- ^ The Raspberry Pattern, Urbandictionary.com
- ^ "Raspberry tart". Phrases.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ Hinkley, David (March 3, 2004). "Scorn and disdain: Spike Jones giffs Hitler der old birdaphone, 1942". New York Daily News.
- ^ Partridge, Eric (2006). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-25937-8.
External links
- Video of raspberry blowing at 500 frames per second, taken with a high speed camera
- Video of one long raspberry