Herbie's speech is terse, usually leaving out articles, pronouns, even verbs. He also has several expressions he uses repeatedly. When
women ask for a kiss, he answers "No kiss." His most famous utterance is his
catchphrase rhetorical question "You want I should bop you with this here lollipop?" Much of Herbie's speech seems to have a
Jewish basis.
Index terms: terse, laconic, succinct, speech pattern, wise guy, dunno, gimme, gonna, gotta, wanna, wotta, oh-oh, ho-hum, hate rats, fancy-schmancy, shm-reduplication, something, tch-tch, uh-uh, nope, trouble, always trouble, hadn't oughta, mad now, gangway, teach lesson, yipes, eeee-yowww, Richard E. Hughes, Ogden Whitney