TV Land Survey

[Dennis R. Preston]

While we're on this, did Schultz produce an interdental?

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>--On 28 November 2006 14:08 -0500 Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
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>>  I know nothing! (Hogan's Heroes)
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>Surely, this is spelt wrong.  It's
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>"I know nothink!"
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>Without the final devoicing, it's just a sentence, not a catchphrase...
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