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Ya' know, if you visit, ya know, the Merrimack Valley, area, of Massachusetts, ya know, you'll come away using ya know,
nearly every other word, ya know. Whether, ya know, you're a kid or an adult, ya know!
James Thurber wrote a very complaintative (is that even a word) essay, 50 or 60 years ago, on how everyone was saying 'you know' all the time. He was living in Massachusetts at the time, I believe.
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The flame of the candle was held behind the egg, and the light shining through the egg would make a developing embryo visible
It is called, very sensibly, "candling." To candle eggs is a sure method and is used on some small farms that produce just enough eggs for the family and a few for sale. Best done in a darkened room.
It's even in the OED as a second meaning.
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My husband would appreciate my posting his most hated Newfoundland-ism:
"Whaaaaaa?"
(Instead of what, or better yet, pardon me?) (He works in retail and it's the bane of his existence.)
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wassup... from the very moment it was first heard in that egregious beer ad.
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Variations I've heard on some of these:
1) Been there, done that, got the T-shirt
2) Talk to the fingernail, 'cause you ain't worthy to talk to the hand!
(to which one may reply)
3) Talk to the dirt under the fingernail, 'cause you ain't worthy to talk to the fingernail!
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