Expressions that mean duh

Christina Gilleran cgilleran at PRODIGY.NET
Thu Mar 29 14:53:42 UTC 2007


doy, no doy, and no duh, in addition to the standard
duh.
Also, theres the old, "no shit, Sherlock", " Your'e
shitting me", and "you don't say" but with a very
sarcastic tone.
--- Bill Le May <blemay0 at MCHSI.COM> wrote:

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> > > Is there a name for those?  And can you folks
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