Say No to `Y'Know,' Like, and Other, Like, Conversational Props

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 18, 1992 ;   Charles Osgood;   391 words ......my house the other day talking about, you know, vacation. One said, well, like, she wanted...like, really cute guy who works at the, you know, tennis club, and he promised to like give her some, you know, lessons, and like, besides that, he has...

Things we know & don't know about CO: it's what people don't know that can...

Plumbing & Mechanical;  January 1, 2005 ;   Olsztynski, Jim;   716 words ...We know that carbon monoxide is a killer. We don't know how many people die from accidental CO poisoning. Estimates...American Medical Association), but nobody knows for sure. We know the symptoms of CO poisoning include headache, dizziness...

Who says `you know'? Everyone you know

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 18, 1991 ;   Richard Roeper;   605 words ......and this is his reply, verbatim: "Well, I can't, you know, I mean, uh, you know, uh, we have given them an excellent proposal, we believe, uh, to keep, uh, you know, the Sears people here, you know, just, not only the...

COLUMN: What I don't know I don't know

University Wire;  October 13, 2005 ;   Katie Rose Levin;   651 words ......walking by MAF when J Ray turned to me and said, "Did you know I can tell if a person is lying by watching the direction...but it got me thinking. How many more things dont i know? And how do I know what i dont know? If I'm going to know everything by...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A TEST-TAKING WHIZ TO KNOW A LOT OF STUFF

Evansville Courier & Press;  May 6, 2004 ;   Garret Mathews, Columnist;   499 words ...I know a high school student who recently scored 1580 on...understand. My brain isn't challenged. It's simply full. I know about Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys Band. And gangster Vincent Coll. I know that tequila will make your head feel like the inside...

You know all of these people? Avoiding their contagious problem is...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 2, 1996 ;   William F. Steuber;   432 words ...What people? You know, all of those folks, and there's millions...completely unrelated, meaningless, "you know." It's never a question as in the title...in subconsciously, time after time. "You know" is often heard in interviews with sports...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs;    JENNIFER SPEAKE;   67 words ...know see also better the devil you know than the devil you don't know ; one half of the world does not know how the other half lives ; the husband is always the last to know ; come live with me and you'll know me ; more people know Tom Fool than Tom...

This inquiring mind doesn't want to know

The Boston Globe;  March 5, 1992 ;   Diane White, Globe Staff;   594 words ...Maybe people should have a right not to know certain things. The stuff about Elvis and his mother, for example. Do I really need to know that? My mind is inquiring, but it's not...knows? All I'm saying is I'd rather not know about it. Please. Don't tell me. But it...

'As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We...

The Mirror (London, England);  November 9, 2006 ;     420 words ......Rumsfeld was also known for a baffling turn of phrase. In 2002 he told journalists: As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do...

"You know You're from Upstate New York if ..."

Voices;  April 1, 2005 ;   Chittenden, Varick A;   787 words ...We all know them-the jokes and anecdotes and sayings...collection was a list of in-jokes titled "You know you're from upstate New York if..." and made...few: "you measure distance in hours," "you know several people who have hit deer more than...

I think I know.(all in AGREEMENT)

Walls & Ceilings;  February 1, 2006 ;   Battisti, Pete;   787 words ......is a big difference between thinking we know and knowing. For example, we may think...OMITTED] Another example of thinking we know vs. knowing is when you're involved in...than fact. There are certain things you know. For example, knowing how much money you...

DO YOU KNOW GOD?(TRIAD/STATE)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  July 2, 2000 ;     414 words ......we like to brag about famous people we know personally? Chipper Jones, who plays third...Braves, is a distant cousin of mine. I know Chipper's great-grandfather, Horace; great-grandmoth...grandfather, Norfleet; and his dad, Larry. I know Chipper was the Atlanta Braves' No. 1 draft...

What don't they know?

The Boston Globe;  October 10, 2008 ;   ELLEN GOODMAN;   709 words ......had a certain "Zen-like" quality: "What don't you know and how will you learn it?" This wasn't a trick question...most of your time," responded Obama. "What I don't know is what all of us don't know, and that's what's going to happen both here at home...

[ * You probably know that ultimate means "last." You might even know that...

Daily Breeze;  November 5, 2006 ;     274 words ...* You probably know that ultimate means "last." You might even know that penultimate means "next to last." But there's a pretty good chance you don't know that there's a word for the position right before penultimate...

What do they all know that I don't know?

Jerusalem Post;  August 1, 2006 ;   EMANUEL FELDMAN;   720 words ......Jerusalem Post 08-01-2006 Headline: What do they all know that I don't know? Byline: EMANUEL FELDMAN Edition; Daily Section: Opinion...calls from family and friends in the US who wanted to know how we were holding up. Having been through Israel's...