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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I searched for this one and was surprised not to find it: I often hear people talking (and writing) about “tell-tell” signs. I’ve even seen “the tell tell heart” referred to on a Google search.
This one is an easy one to understand: Depending on people’s accents or dialects, “tell-tale” can sound a lot like “tell-tell,” and “tell-tale” can be somewhat difficult to pronounce.
Feeling quite combobulated.
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Here are a couple of examples found on Google:
Tell Tell HeartIts original life came from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tell Heart” ... Like the heart hidden below the floor it kept on beating. ...
www.tracyhicks.com/tell.htm – 9k – Cached – Similar pages
Tell Tell Signs that you are a Redneck!!! – TopixTell Tell Signs that you are a Redneck!!! Posted in the Top Stories in the Blogosphere Forum. COMMENTS. Showing posts 61 – 77 of 77 · « prev | next » ...
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Your rehabilitationdirectory.info DirectoryIf so, what is the tell tell sign that they will not repeat the horrible act … (more). Is there really “Rehabilitations” for sexual predators and repeat …
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Comments on: I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymoreAlso “Hitler’s Pope” takes a lot of his speeches out of context, the people’s reactions and the reaction of the government were a more tell-tell sign of the …
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Programming is too easy – Karl Seguin [MVP]It’s a tell-tell sign of a shop that doesn’t know HOW to look for people. Even if you are the right person, you’ll be working with, or replacing someone who …
codebetter.com/blogs/karlseguin/archive/2006/07/24/147628.aspx – 60k – Cached – Similar pages
Feeling quite combobulated.
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I just wanted to point out another variation—mentioned here in the forum—that was very amusing…
‘The Tall-Tale Heart’ for ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ by klakritz Contribute! 1 2007-07-07 20:16:31 by patschwieterman
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