Nobody the Aardvark


Figure 1:  As a nineties kid, I remember this puppet well.

The proper name, 'Otis,' or /ˈo.tɪs/ means 'nobody.'

It is derived from the Ancient-Greek adverb, οὐκ or ‘ouk;’ or  οὐ or ‘ou’, which means ‘not’ and the pronoun, τις or ‘tis;’ which means ‘somebody,’ ‘someone.’

Hence Οὖτις, or 'Oũtis,' means 'not someone' or 'not somebody' or 'nobody,' 'no-one.' 

'Oũtis,' appears in Homer's Odyssey:


A a child, I always hated Otis the Aardvark, though! He was no Ed the Duck, that's for sure!


Figure 2:  This is what a real entertainer looks like!




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