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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009what's a "doot"
So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in day-to-day slang language. But this 'doot' is supposed to refer a printer, or copy machine. The manual says something like: if there isn't some kind of roll or cylinder inside you get 'missing doot'... can anybody explain to me what that is???? Thanks a lot... On 14 Jan, 22:04, klm8...@hotmail.com wrote: >So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in day-to-day >slang language. But this 'doot' is supposed to refer a printer, or >copy machine. The manual says something like: if there isn't some kind >of roll or cylinder inside you get 'missing doot'... can anybody >explain to me what that is???? Thanks a lot... Is the manual by any chance in more than one language? If so, any clues in the other versions? Otherwise it looks like a mistake of some kind. Any chance of seeing the actual passage? On Jan 14, 3:04 pm, klm8...@hotmail.com wrote: > So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in day-to-day > slang language. Just out of curiosity, what is that? I've never heard it. The Urban Dictionary has "sh.t", with several compounds that go with that, such as "doot load". It also has "vagina", from Northern Ireland. Either of those? > But this 'doot' is supposed to refer a printer, or > copy machine. The manual says something like: if there isn't some kind > of roll or cylinder inside you get 'missing doot'... can anybody > explain to me what that is???? Thanks a lot... Sorry, can't even guess. -- Jerry Friedman In message <4bf9fc7b-9c06-42d8-8922-ed06a9ad3648@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com>, "jerry_friedman@yahoo.com" <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> writes >On Jan 14, 3:04 pm, klm8...@hotmail.com wrote: >> So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in day-to-day [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >-- >Jerry Friedman Maybe some help here (especially the first one): http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doot  SignatureIan jerry_friedman@yahoo.com wrote on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:30:19 -0800 (PST): > On Jan 14, 3:04 pm, klm8...@hotmail.com wrote: >> So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in >> day-to-day slang language. > Just out of curiosity, what is that? I've never heard it. > The Urban Dictionary has "sh.t", with several compounds that > go with that, such as "doot load". It also has "vagina", from > Northern Ireland. Either of those? >> But this 'doot' is supposed to refer a printer, or >> copy machine. The manual says something like: if there isn't some >> kind of roll or cylinder inside you get 'missing doot'... can >> anybody explain to me what that is???? Thanks a lot... > Sorry, can't even guess. I hae ma doots about that. SignatureJames Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not On 14 Sty, 23:04, klm8...@hotmail.com wrote: > So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in day-to-day > slang language. But this 'doot' is supposed to refer a printer, or > copy machine. The manual says something like: if there isn't some kind > of roll or cylinder inside you get 'missing doot'... can anybody > explain to me what that is???? Thanks a lot... thx a lot > So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in day-to-day > slang language. But this 'doot' is supposed to refer a printer, or > copy machine. The manual says something like: if there isn't some > kind of roll or cylinder inside you get 'missing doot'... can > anybody explain to me what that is???? Thanks a lot... In the absence (so far) of authoritative answers, I tentatively suggest you consider whether it could be a typo for "missing boot". The computer kind, not the footer kind. >> So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in day-to-day >> slang language. But this 'doot' is supposed to refer a printer, or [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > suggest you consider whether it could be a typo for "missing boot". > The computer kind, not the footer kind. I think it is a mistaken approach to pluralize "dot". The "some kind of roll or cylinder inside" might be a reservoir for toner. Or noot. SignatureFrank ess klm8203@hotmail.com set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: > So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in day-to-day > slang language. But this 'doot' is supposed to refer a printer, or > copy machine. The manual says something like: if there isn't some kind > of roll or cylinder inside you get 'missing doot'... can anybody > explain to me what that is???? Thanks a lot... My 10p is on a missing *door* but I'll also go 10p each way on a missing *foot* Other single-letter typo possibilities are root or soot but they don't seem to fit the context. Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply > klm8203@hotmail.com set the following eddies spiralling through the > space-time continuum: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Other single-letter typo possibilities are root or soot but they > don't seem to fit the context. My first thought was that "doot" was the way some people pronounce "dirt." (That is, "doot" with the "oo" sound used in "foot" and "soot.") Of course, "dirt" doesn't fit with "missing doot." Oh, well. SignatureMaria C. > > klm8...@hotmail.com set the following eddies spiralling through the > > space-time continuum: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > -- > Maria C. Well, since none of yo have heard about a thing like that, I will probably consider it a mistake. Thank you very much for help. >> klm8203@hotmail.com set the following eddies spiralling through the >> space-time continuum: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Of course, "dirt" doesn't fit with "missing doot." Oh, well. "Doot" replicates, for me, how some Scots say "doubt". Getting back to "dirt", some lower class New York and New Jersey residents say "doyt" for "dirt". SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland > Maria C. wrote, re "doot": >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > "dirt", some lower class New York and New Jersey residents say "doyt" > for "dirt". I've heard "doyt" (or "doit"?), too, in NY and NJ. But "lower class"? Not meaning to be argumentative; just asking, Maria C. >> Maria C. wrote, re "doot": >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >I've heard "doyt" (or "doit"?), too, in NY and NJ. But "lower class"? Should you wave your arms about defensively, claiming once again that America is a classless society, this thread should flourish for two weeks at the very least. >Not meaning to be argumentative; just asking, That's OK. When trolling, I sometimes catch some game. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >>> Maria C. wrote, re "doot": >>>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Should you wave your arms about defensively, claiming once again that > America is a classless society, [...] Did I do that? (I can't remember doing so, but I forget things quite easily.) >> Not meaning to be argumentative; just asking, > > That's OK. When trolling, I sometimes catch some game. So I'm "game"? Hmph. SignatureMaria C., Who'd be game right now for an afternoon of euchre or pinochle. >> That's OK. When trolling, I sometimes catch some game. > >So I'm "game"? Hmph. It is better to be thought of as "game" than to be thought of as "on the game" or "gamey". SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >>> That's OK. When trolling, I sometimes catch some game. >> >>So I'm "game"? Hmph. > >It is better to be thought of as "game" than to be thought of as "on >the game" or "gamey". True. "On the game" can refer, I believe, to a team of hustlers who are working a mark, not only to a prostitute on the lookout. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >>>> Maria C. wrote, re "doot": >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >So I'm "game"? Hmph. I considered "fish", the usual goal when trolling, but thought you'd prefer "game". Think now, would today's woman generally prefer to be game or a cold fish? SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >>> That's OK. When trolling, I sometimes catch some game. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > prefer "game". Think now, would today's woman generally prefer to be > game or a cold fish? Good question, but I don't know the answer. I'm probably more of a "yesterday's woman." Trying, in vain, to keep up, Maria C. >>>> That's OK. When trolling, I sometimes catch some game. >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Good question, but I don't know the answer. I'm probably more of a >"yesterday's woman." You've still alive, aren't you? You're one of today's women, then. >Trying, in vain, to keep up, >Maria C. Don't worry; you do well. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in day-to-day >slang language. But this 'doot' is supposed to refer a printer, or >copy machine. The manual says something like: if there isn't some kind >of roll or cylinder inside you get 'missing doot'... can anybody >explain to me what that is???? Thanks a lot... Possibly some kind of internal (inside that particular company) abbreviation of "drum unit". 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