# Without Google (or similar) searching, can you identify the significance of "DePatie"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441 "2016-02-07T17:06:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/1 "2016-02-07T17:06:31Z")
This name just popped into my head and I “knew” that I knew its significance but I had to resort to a Yahoo! Search to verify it. Does it ring a bell for you? If so, how? Do you associate it with something or someone famous or at least noteworthy? Is there a similar name that bugs you enough to do a websearch for its associations? If this ought to be an MPSIMS topic that’s fine by me, but it’s most likely to ring bells here in CS. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/2 "2016-02-07T17:23:26Z")
First mental association: Pink Panther cartoons. I will now go check if that has any basis in fact. ETA: Yep, it does. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/3 "2016-02-07T17:23:32Z")
Without googling… something cartoon related? Pink Panther maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/4 "2016-02-07T17:28:31Z")
Cool, **Shoeless** and **Bryan Ekers**! I wasn’t able to name the specific toon but I did feel pretty sure he was involved in stuff as far back as my earliest cartoon watching (let’s say 1950s to be generous). I did know enough to associate him with [this guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz_Freleng) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/5 "2016-02-07T17:33:17Z")
First thought for me was _The Pink Panther_ cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/6 "2016-02-07T17:36:32Z")
French cow poop? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/7 "2016-02-07T17:41:30Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > French cow poop? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/8 "2016-02-07T17:59:30Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Does it ring a bell for you? If so, how? > > Do you associate it with something or someone famous or at least noteworthy? > > Is there a similar name that bugs you enough to do a websearch for its associations No to all three. Well, I guess it’s similar to “DePaul” like the university/Catholic saint, but not similar enough that I’d confuse the two. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/9 "2016-02-07T18:00:53Z")
Teamed with the great Fritz Feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/10 "2016-02-07T18:10:25Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Teamed with the great Fritz Feeling. Cool. See Post#4 (hidden) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/11 "2016-02-07T18:15:51Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > No to all three. > > Well, I guess it’s similar to “DePaul” like the university/Catholic saint, but not similar enough that I’d confuse the two. Good one. I’d be curious how many “De\_\_\_” names there must be in the “common names” zone. I just thought of [Rebecca DeWinter](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV0bXibdWvHIAUPNXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Rebecca+Dewinter&fr=yset_ie_syc_oracle) and there must be dozens more. Is there a better pronunciation of **DePatie** than DeePayTee? I don’t think I’ve ever heard it pronounced. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/12 "2016-02-07T18:25:00Z")
Since we’re unspoiled-boxed, I can say that “DePatie-Freling” leapt into my head immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/13 "2016-02-07T18:32:10Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Is there a better pronunciation of **DePatie** than DeePayTee? I don’t think I’ve ever heard it pronounced. David DePatie pronounces it De-Patty. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/14 "2016-02-07T18:37:53Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > David DePatie pronounces it De-Patty. That’ll work for me. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/15 "2016-02-07T18:40:21Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > Since we’re unspoiled-boxed, I can say that “DePatie-Freling” leapt into my head immediately. Yes. They did for me, too. It’s kinda like Allis-Chalmers or Daimler-Benz. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/16 "2016-02-07T18:55:41Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > Since we’re unspoiled-boxed, I can say that “DePatie-Freling” leapt into my head immediately. Yup. I enjoy cartoons far too much for an old fart. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/17 "2016-02-07T19:01:18Z")
…of course, these guys also represent what animation archivists and scholars have officially dubbed the “Fucking Awful Period” of cartoon artistry. Cheap production values, inane writing, and Larry Storch doing most of the voices. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/18 "2016-02-07T20:38:25Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Without Google (or similar) searching, can you identify the significance of “DePatie”? No. No, I cannot. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/19 "2016-02-07T20:51:38Z")
Yes I could. Big Pink Panther fan from back when. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/20 "2016-02-07T23:59:40Z")
I had zero association without looking it up. Names, in general, are one of the things that don’t stick in memory for me. Especially for people I didn’t know personally, I’m more likely to remember things about what someone did and it’s importance than their name. As a result I’ll tend to search for the name instead of search for why the name is important. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441.md?page=2)