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[Lynne Murphy]

--On 28 November 2006 14:08 -0500 Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
wrote:

> I know nothing! (Hogan's Heroes)

Surely, this is spelt wrong.  It's

"I know nothink!"

Without the final devoicing, it's just a sentence, not a catchphrase...

Lynne



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