OK - what does 'Uff da' mean?

[Taverner]

[Deja Q]

1. What Jesse Ventura says during orgasm?

:yoiks:

[Flaxbee]

13. oh lordy, HypnoToad,

that was funny :D A rather disturbing mental picture, but funny ... :hi:

[uppityperson]

22. Excellent. Now, need to go scrub my brain.

[skygazer]

2. That's kind of like the sounds I was making after drinking way too much Jagermeister

Punctuated by other, not nearly so pleasant sounds. :puke:

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

3. It is the Scandinavian/German equivalent to

"oy vey is mir!"

[Critters2]

19. No. Uff da! is the Scandinavian equivalent to the German "Ach!".

It helps to have grown up in Iowa. In Eastern Iowa, it's "Ach!". In Western Iowa, it's "Uff da!".

[Indi Guy]

23. What does "Uff da" mean in Eastern Iowa???

:shrug:

[TZ]

4. I believe its an sort of like a version of "my goodness"

or something like that. KW knows. Its definitely a Minnesoooota thing.

[annabanana]

5. It's a Norwegian grunt. . . n/t

[KitchenWitch]

6. Uff Da can be used in many ways

Like after a long day's hard work - it expresses exhaustion

It can express surprise, dismay, even glee.

It is much like the yiddish Oy Vey.

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. How does one pronounce it?

Does "uff" rhyme with "up" or "oops"? Or perhaps the 'u' is supposed to have an umlaut, so it'd be kinda like "ew" or "oeuf." And is the accent on "uff" or "da"? And is the space between them distinct or do they sorta flow together?



These are things we gotta know. :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

9. OOOF DTAH

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. 'dTah'?

"Oof d' tah"?



It's Franco-Norwegian? Or is it related to Ptah? :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

15. DT in my shorthand is harder than a D and softer than a T

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. A hard 'd'

One that makes you spit just a little bit, like, "You stupid dick!"



:D

[KitchenWitch]

17. yes.

[Odin2005]

7. It's an exclamation of exhaustion, relief, shock, or surprise.

Not unlike, as another poster mentioned "oy vey".

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

10. or even in Souix... Hoka Hey

which kind of means "it is a good day to die" but has a larger meaning like, same old shit, ho hum, look at that idiot over there, hello, how ya doin? and the great spirit lives through all, so what difference does it make?

[SoxFan]

11. They were that influential punk band from Minneapolis, right?

[KitchenWitch]

20. No, that was Hüsker Dü

[SoxFan]

25. Could have sworn Grant Hart and Bob Mould played in Uff Da

Thought they played a show with The Magnolias back in '88...

[KitchenWitch]

28. Nope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsker_D%C3%BC

[JVS]

14. It's Scandihoovian for "oy"

[dolo amber]

18. As far as I can tell this is correct

:thumbsup: :drunkenlytalkingoutofass:

[jobycom]

21. It's what older folk yell at kids.

Get uff da lawn!

[jeff30997]

26. Lol!

:rofl:

[yurbud]

24. norwegian for "pinched a loaf in my pants"

[jeff30997]

27. You don't know the song?

Uff da tick a ta ba do ba
dubi da ba do ba
tick a ta ba doo
yeah eh yeah
Uff da tick a ta ba do ba
dubi da ba do ba
tick a ta ba doo
yeah eh yeah



:P