believe you me in oed

[Laurence Horn]

There's "I kid you not", of Jack Paar (at least evanescent) fame.

LH

On Sep 23, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Nice one, Dave.
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> Just check the syntax.
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> JL
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> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:19 AM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>wrote:
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