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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Bill D	BS: Language Pet Peeves (1638* d)	RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves	27 Aug 20
When my brother was about 3-4, he briefly adopted, as a way of showing displeasure with someone, the phrase "You oughta be in an insane-aylum!" We never quite figured out where he got the original, but he dropped it after people laughed a few times. I've always thought it could be a useful construction.

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