# "Dawg"? (very mild, you sadists) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370 "2004-08-04T22:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/21 "2004-08-05T04:13:11Z")
The only words which came to mind when reading the OP were: Ho Lee Fuck ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/22 "2004-08-05T04:28:03Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > Whatever. It’s called spending too much time here and on [Fark.com](http://Fark.com). Seriously, go get a fucking life. Keep this shit up and I’ll petition the mods to make you have a single OP that you can constantly update with your worthless, witless, farkless, stupidass observations. Got that, Dawg? ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/23 "2004-08-05T04:52:48Z")
[Sean Connery]You’re the man now, dawg![/SC] How long until **pizzabrat** gets on the soapbox about, say, _brother_ vs _brutha_? _Mother vs mutha?_ I’m just talkin’ about Shaft! aaaaand I’ve stopped making sense ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/24 "2004-08-05T04:56:46Z")
Shut yo’ mouth! (did I get that in first???) ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/25 "2004-08-05T05:29:44Z")
Dude. If you’re not just trolling for attention (which, comon’, we _all_ know that’s why you continue to start these ridiculosly mundane threads) I’d seriously start worrying about your overall health. If these piddly little “rants” really do actually get your underoos in a twist, then you’re destined to suffer from a heart attack at a very early age. Your blood pressure must _skyrocket_ on a daily basis. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/26 "2004-08-05T05:55:46Z")
C’mon, the hopefully thread turned into a pretty cool discussion of lexicon. Of course, it got cool once the OP wasn’t involved anymore, and two people who had educations really went at it. But I learned a lot. I’m sure that in about 100 posts or so, this could get really interesting! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/27 "2004-08-05T06:05:45Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > Why do people spell “dog” “dawg” when they want to portray someone using it as a slang term? Both pronunciations are exactly the same, so there’s no point. You mean there’s no point in spelling words differently when they’re pronounced the same, even though they mean totally different things? Shows yew what eye no. ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/28 "2004-08-05T06:22:47Z")
**Pizzabrat** , you are a certifiable fuckwit. Just like with the jealousy thread, a little research shows the exact opposite of what you’re bitching about. The spelling “dawg” is not some Ebonics parody, it’s just a phonetic way of spelling “dog” to simulate an accent. It’s been around for more than a century and it’s been used in contexts far away from mocking African-Americans. > [@](#): > > 1898 J. D. BRAYSHAW Slum Silhouettes 125 Ev’ry markit mornin’ yer ter be my dawg, ev’ry mornin’ till yer like ter chuck it. 1939 O. LANCASTER Homes Sweet Homes 60 Beaten copper reminders that a man’s best friend is his dawg (beloved of the golf-playing classes). 1966 ‘J. HACKSTON’ Father clears Out 14 The dawg’s 'ad 'is ribs stove in From [here](http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00057909?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=dawg&edition=2e&first=1&max_to_show=10). If you had the foggiest idea what you were talking about, this would be your first source. And if you’re going after people for writing slang words phonetically to show the speaker’s accent, then you’d better bloody well go after luminaries like Charles Dickens. I look forward to your diatribe about _Nicholas Nickleby_ - you could talk about how it’s a racist attack on Yorkshire school-masters. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/29 "2004-08-05T06:35:19Z")
On a very special episode of _Saved By The Bell_, we learn that Zack is not a “bro” but a “brah,” and Kelly is not a “whore” but a “hoe.” Stay tuned! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/30 "2004-08-05T18:51:18Z")
I suppose the “izzle” shit would make his head asplode. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/31 "2004-08-05T18:55:06Z")
Fo shizzle. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/32 "2004-08-05T19:06:00Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > If you knew how to read in between the lines, you’d see that this thread _is_ about a racial conspiracy. I suspect the “dawg” thing stems from the tendecy of posters to emphasize that blacks are different. Since “dog” is “black” slang, authors are driven to make it look more ridiculous (as if they never employ slang themselves) by misspelling it for no reason at all. Jerry ‘Rem Dawg’ Remy is black? Crikey! I thought it was a Boston accent! Turns out it’s jive. 🙂 forgive me, am just being silly, honestly, and would never wish to hurt anyone’s feelings. Just suddenly thought about the lady in Airplane, ‘Excuse me, I speak jive.’ ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/33 "2004-08-05T20:00:49Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > I suppose the “izzle” shit would make his head asplode. Which reminds me why Snoop Dog carries an umbrella: Fo drizzle ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/34 "2004-08-05T20:13:25Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > If you knew how to read in between the lines, you’d see that this thread _is_ about a racial conspiracy. I suspect the “dawg” thing stems from the tendecy of posters to emphasize that blacks are different. Since “dog” is “black” slang, authors are driven to make it look more ridiculous (as if they never employ slang themselves) by misspelling it for no reason at all. Same goes for “enuff”. … and you’re blaming the posters for this why? Hey! Dawg is **Gawd** spelled backwards! Sort of. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/35 "2004-08-05T20:25:36Z")
> [@Crunchy Frog](#): > > Which reminds me why Snoop Dog carries an umbrella: > > Fo drizzle 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/36 "2004-08-05T20:29:19Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hey! Dawg is **Gawd** spelled backwards! Sort of. Ack! I’ve been anagrammed! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/37 "2004-08-05T20:44:29Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > kAc! Vie bene mamogrammed! D: This post has been… I’m sorry, I just can’t complete that sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/38 "2004-08-05T21:07:21Z")
Poor **pizzabrat**. The world outside Mrs. Worthington’s Finishing School for Uptight Young People is a confusing place, isn’t it? I can’t imagine you walking the streets with the commoners if these sorts of things upset you so. **pizzabrat** : “Well, I never! I do believe that young man’s trousers are oversized, as they are hanging several inches below his waistline! I wonder if I should alert him so that he can correct the situation?” random guy to friends: “Shee-yit, dawg, don’t be tellin’ me you ain’t comin’ over tonight! We gonna mack on some hotties, a’ight?” **pizzabrat** : _::monocle falls into water glass::_ ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/39 "2004-08-05T21:09:57Z")
> [@saramamalana](#): > > How long until **pizzabrat** gets on the soapbox about, say, _brother_ vs _brutha_? _Mother vs mutha?_ I’m just talkin’ about Shaft! Or Hulk Hogan. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawg-very-mild-you-sadists/258370/40 "2004-08-05T21:19:54Z")
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