For the * * * World Record Holder * * * of "Kno'm sain?" tune in to the incredible Canadian comedy show "Trailer Park Boys" and witness the monologues of J-Roc (also known as "J to the R-O-C") a white, teenage rapaholic from Nova Scotia who only wants to be one of the bruthas, kno'm sain? He deals dope, hangs out with his two Jamaican buddies in the trailer park who have great dreads, and says "kno'm sain?" at least 125 times a minute.

Nancy...yeah, they do sound more than "a bit" stupid, but I was trying to be kind. :-)

Hippies in the early 70's were equally annoying, getting by on a vocabulary of about 20 or less oafish sayings, repeated ad nauseum. It seemed that being articulate was the least desirable thing possible at the time in that peer group. "Like" was pretty popular then too, but was used a bit differently, generally starting up a sentence as I recall, rather than jumping into it every five words or so.

"Oh, Wow..." Just plain..."Wow..." and "Far Out, Man!" were popular. So was "Heavy!" "F....K" (and its derivatives, such as "f--king") was a handy all-purpose standby word that could be used in almost any situation and to convey almost any meaning imaginable.

Like, DUH!

(Note: "Duh!" has recently been replaced by "D'oh!", courtesy of "The Simpson's")

I wonder what Wordsworth or Walt Whitman would think?

- LH