Tense in BE

[Wilson Gray]

That's exactly the way that I heard it said, back in the day,
Margaret. I should have included that in my description. Thank you for
the reminder.

-Wilson

On 5/30/07, Margaret Lee <mlee303 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:    When I was stationed in Berlin ca.1961, I used to hear some black GI's
> say "knowin' this" instead of "fuckin' A" or "I'm hip." At the time, I
> figured that this was local slang brought from home, wherever that
> was.
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> And the cool way to say it was with the stress on the first syllable, "know' in this," used to indicate that you agree with what someone has just said.
>
>   Margaret
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