I had never considered it “bleating” … though I can see it as an alternate mis-spelling of “baa” (most animal sounds are not very close to English sounds).
Wiktionary does not agree that it has anything to do with bleating. That’s not definitive, but (I think) is indicative of current usage/meaning.
Some amateur etymologists on the web reckon meh is derived from Yiddish, pointing to a 1936 song that uses it as the sound of a goat bleating. A poster on Artblog.net called it a “Yiddish interjection used to express disdain that borders on apathy”, but did not source it. […]
Smithsonian Magazine (2013) cites the 1928 Yiddish-English-Hebrew dictionary with:
The definitions as an interjection meaning “be it as it may” and an adjective meaning “so-so” track fairly closely to current uses of meh. As you can see, Harkavy defines it separately as a “bleating” interjection, which matches his entry in the 1898 edition of his dictionary: baa! bleat!
(But honestly, I’m confused about who or what they were quoting, or if they were quoting anyone at all. The placement of it looked like they were quoting the dictionary, but the writing seems to be speaking about the dictionary instead.)
Personally, I’ll stick with the Wiktionary assessment. It even agrees that it was found in that 1928 dictionary. Whether it originally was a goat bleat or not, I don’t really care (though Meh’s association with goats does make that fairly nice).
Our whole family watched Jeopardy! almost religiously for many years. After the loss of Alex, it just doesn’t seem like the same show, and the format switching over from many different contestants to the same one constantly on the show for weeks at a time just made it far less interesting.
TL;DR it sort of felt like a different show starting a couple years back.
@Kyeh Is he still hosting? I thought that was just a temporary bit…but none of the people they tried really fit. I was really hoping LeVar Burton would have gotten the role.
EDIT: I share your opinion of Ken. He’s (supposedly) a very smart guy, but I don’t think a winning contestant should be given the host position. >.> Lots of factors make a great game show host, and intelligence is just one of them.
@Kyeh@PooltoyWolf We are also Jeopardy fans. Ken Jennings is OK, but my favorite of the replacement host contenders were Mike Richards and Aaron Rodgers (judged solely on their Jeopardy appearances). Least favorite was Miyam Bialik (not that she was so horrible, but someone has to be last on the list).
That’s amehzing!
What’s the question??
C’mon now, WHAT’S THE QUESTION??? 
And none of the contestants knew the answer
@lonocat Really?!
@Kyeh @lonocat said contestants weren’t meh enough to know.
@kostia, weren’t you on Jeopardy as a contestant, and get to meet Alex Trebek?
@Kyeh Good memory. I was, about five years ago. Won one, should have studied European rivers.
@kostia Great that you won once, though!
I bet you’d have gotten this one right.
@kostia That’s awesome, you always get to say you’re a Jeopardy champion!
POPSOCKETS! SPROCKETS! DAVY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
I had never considered it “bleating” … though I can see it as an alternate mis-spelling of “baa” (most animal sounds are not very close to English sounds).
Wiktionary does not agree that it has anything to do with bleating. That’s not definitive, but (I think) is indicative of current usage/meaning.
The Guardian (2007) says:
Smithsonian Magazine (2013) cites the 1928 Yiddish-English-Hebrew dictionary with:
(But honestly, I’m confused about who or what they were quoting, or if they were quoting anyone at all. The placement of it looked like they were quoting the dictionary, but the writing seems to be speaking about the dictionary instead.)
Personally, I’ll stick with the Wiktionary assessment. It even agrees that it was found in that 1928 dictionary. Whether it originally was a goat bleat or not, I don’t really care (though Meh’s association with goats does make that fairly nice).
@mediocrebot Good bot.
@xobzoo I always assumed it came from Yiddish. That’s the vibe!
Here’s that dictionary:
https://archive.org/details/nybc211297/page/n316/mode/1up?view=theater
It’s on page 307:
Our whole family watched Jeopardy! almost religiously for many years. After the loss of Alex, it just doesn’t seem like the same show, and the format switching over from many different contestants to the same one constantly on the show for weeks at a time just made it far less interesting.
TL;DR it sort of felt like a different show starting a couple years back.
@PooltoyWolf I agree. I don’t like Ken Jennings much at all.
@Kyeh Is he still hosting? I thought that was just a temporary bit…but none of the people they tried really fit. I was really hoping LeVar Burton would have gotten the role.
EDIT: I share your opinion of Ken. He’s (supposedly) a very smart guy, but I don’t think a winning contestant should be given the host position. >.> Lots of factors make a great game show host, and intelligence is just one of them.
@Kyeh @PooltoyWolf We are also Jeopardy fans. Ken Jennings is OK, but my favorite of the replacement host contenders were Mike Richards and Aaron Rodgers (judged solely on their Jeopardy appearances). Least favorite was Miyam Bialik (not that she was so horrible, but someone has to be last on the list).
@Kyeh @macromeh I was not at all a fan of Bialik’s delivery. She just didn’t fit, if that makes sense. (Nothing against her as a person.)
What is… woot?
no… that doesn’t sound right…