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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.

jimthedog