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Rhymes with "Sigh"
August 25, 2012 8:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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A caller says her relative always used an interjection that sounds like sigh for the equivalent of "Are you paying attention?" The hosts suspect it's related to s'I, a contraction of says I. This expression open appears in Mark Twain's work, among other places. This is part of a complete episode.
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