Why blah?

[CHAPPERS]

When you are suggesting that someone talks a lot and is not all that interesting why do we say blah blah blah?
Why not something else? I think i'm trying to ask where the word originated from.

I know, i know. Blah blah blah blah blah...

 

[Marc]

Its when Harold's aide looked up to the sky and said "Sir...Theres an arrow heading straight for your head Sir"
Harold replied: "If nots not paying you enough its arrows falling from the sky blah blah blah its going to hit my head blah blah blah....OUCH!"

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The Shorter Oxford Dictionary says that "blah" is an Americanism, dating from about 1918.


The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000:-

blah

PRONUNCIATION: blä

NOUN:
1. (Informal) Worthless nonsense; drivel.
2. blahs A general feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, or depression: “Monday morning Oscar woke up with the blahs” (New Yorker).

ADJECTIVE:
1. Dull and uninteresting.
2. Low in spirit or health; down: sat around all day feeling blah.

ETYMOLOGY: Imitative of meaningless talk.

OTHER FORMS: blah —ADVERB


blah-blah-blah

PRONUNCIATION: bläbläblä

ADVERB:
And so on; et cetera.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Cheers Brackers, most informative