Key Vocabulary:
golly
boo-boo
oh pshaw
hustle your bustles
bless the lord
nervous pervis
pinkled tink
giddily
parapleg-erino
petal-to-the-metal-ophiles
mur-diddly-urdler
thankily-dank
neighbor-ino
okely-dokely-doo
done-diddily-done
deprogram-erinos
Greetings:
Hidely-ho
Hi-di-ly-hey
Hi-diddly-ho
Howdily-diddely
Expressions & Interjections:
Hot diggedy!
Roger dodger!
Oooh, that's a dilly!
indeedily-doodily!
Okily dokily!
Son of a diddily!
Toodily-doo!
Oh, my-diddly-eye!

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Accent and pronunciation: Speak “through your nostril”,in a somewhat nasally tone.

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Variation 1
1. Words with multi-syllables: Split the word into 2 syllables. Put “diddily” in the middle of the word after the first syllable. Repeat the first syllable excluding the first consonant.

Example: bottle=bot-diddliy-ottle
                   pencil=pen-diddily-encil

2. Words with one syllable: Say the whole word, add “diddily”, and repeat the word again excluding the first consonant.

Example: book=book-diddily-ook
                   can=can-diddily-an

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Variation 2
1. Add “ino” to the end of the word. (this only works with multi-syllable words that end with a consonant sound. Usually a word with an –er or -ar suffix.)

Example: neighbor=neighbor-ino

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Ethnic Dialects:
Buenos dias, señor=Buenos ding-dong-diddily-dias, señor (Jose Flanders)
Advanced vocabulary:
Bicentennial Day=Bicen-cidilly-ti-ten-toodly-rin-tin-tennial Day