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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPeople don't say, "You can say that again!" anymore, do they?
When I was a kid I heard it on TV and in RL.
For those who may not remember, "You can say that again!" indicates strong agreement with whatever the speaker said.
It doesn't mean for the person to actually repeat it.
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People don't say, "You can say that again!" anymore, do they? (Original Post)
raccoon
Jul 2012
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HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)1. "I'll buy that for a dollar."
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)10. Actually, the reference was to the early 90's video game Smash TV.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)2. I still say it occasionally.
I used to hear it a lot more when I was a kid.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)3. Come to think of it, I haven't heard that saying for a long time
Heard it as a kid in the 70's all the time by everybody.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)4. You can say that again!
MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)5. I think it's been shortened to "Come again?"
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Then again, we may be talking about two entirely different things.
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Initech
(100,068 posts)11. Or as we say in LA: ¿què?
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)6. You can't say that again...
Funny enough, I often tell people "You CAN'T say that again" when they tell me they've never met anyone before who spells his name the way.I do.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)7. It's been shortened to "word!"
I think
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)9. "I hear ya quackin'"
is what my middle son said to me when he was a teenager on the rare occasions when he agreed with me. I always hated it, even though I loved it when he agreed with me about something.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)12. YOLO
It's generally followed by a demonstration of consummate stupidity.
trof
(54,256 posts)13. "I hear that!"
Or "I heard 'dat!"
Also indicates strong agreement.
Kind of a redneck phrase in my experience.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)14. Troof. n/t