# "Oh, no she didn't", with the second "D" silent **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 5, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326 "2015-05-05T17:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326/41 "2015-05-07T00:13:00Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Shouldn’t it be elis-ion? As in Elis in Wonderland? 🙂 No. I’d explain but people would just drift off… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326/42 "2015-05-07T03:10:07Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Shouldn’t it be elis-ion? As in Elis in Wonderland? 🙂 It is the part of Hades where the good people go, the _Elision Fields_. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326/43 "2015-05-07T14:49:55Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > _e-li-sion_ [QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Shouldn’t it be elis-ion? As in Elis in Wonderland? [/quote] [QUOTE=eschereal] It is the part of Hades where the good people go, the Elision Fields. [/quote] Kyrie elision Kyrie elision … elision Oh no she di’nt ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326/44 "2015-05-08T06:35:39Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I’m pop culture impaired. Where exactly did this come from? Do you mean the pronunciation where the person still pronounces two syllables, but the second D is replaced by a glottal stop–i.e. a clear break in the “ih” sound, rather like “di-int”? Or does the person simply pronounce it like “dint”? The first version is quite common in American English. As for the second, “dint” version, that’s typical kiddie speak which goes back at least to the time when I was a kiddie, sometime around 1965 or '66. I learned that it “didn’t” not “dint”, “regular” not “reglear”, “ambulance” not “ambliance”, etc. Strangely, I don’t remember the teachers ever correcting me or anyone else on this point. For some reason I just “got it” suddenly as happened with others in my circle of friends and schoolmates. OTOH, I do remember teachers explaining how the notorious words “February” and “library” should be enunciated. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326/45 "2015-05-08T12:30:56Z")
Elision is what happens when your pronunciation aim isn’t true. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326/46 "2015-05-08T13:28:59Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Elision is what happens when your pronunciation aim isn’t true. Little known fact. Elision Costello is Elvis Costello’s birth name before he elided it. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326/47 "2015-05-08T16:16:52Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Do you mean the pronunciation where the person still pronounces two syllables, but the second D is replaced by a glottal stop–i.e. a clear break in the “ih” sound, rather like “di-int”? Or does the person simply pronounce it like “dint”? No, I was wondering where the catchphrase/meme came from. I was certain it had a definite origin, but it appears I was mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326/48 "2015-05-08T16:35:07Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > No, I was wondering where the catchphrase/meme came from. I was certain it had a definite origin, but it appears I was mistaken. It might not have an easily searchable singular origin, but I have no doubts the catchphrase was largely popularized on early '90s FOX television programming, such as \*Martin \*and _In Living Color_. **Panamajack’s** research upthread pretty much confirms that for me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326/49 "2015-05-08T18:26:27Z")
Strictly MHO, but this sounds like Ricky Ricardo from _I Love Lucy_ (“some ‘splainin’ to do”) except I remember (or misremember) it as Ricky saying “Oh, no you di’nt!” to Lucy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-she-didnt-with-the-second-d-silent/719326.md?page=2)