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Gamboler Posted 11 years ago
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I have an acknow
Heard (or missheard) from the soundtrack of a movie:
"Do you see, Wally, I have an acknow that Jason Sloan is not the second one of the board of jurors who died recently. He's the fourth."
I would like to know if 'I have an acknow' is the same as 'someone gave me a tip' (tip in the sense of a piece of confidential, advance, or inside information) or it's maybe another way to just say 'I know'. It is supposedly a journalist who says that sentence, so I must conclude it's not colloquial, is it?
"Do you see, Wally, I have an acknow that Jason Sloan is not the second one of the board of jurors who died recently. He's the fourth."
I would like to know if 'I have an acknow' is the same as 'someone gave me a tip' (tip in the sense of a piece of confidential, advance, or inside information) or it's maybe another way to just say 'I know'. It is supposedly a journalist who says that sentence, so I must conclude it's not colloquial, is it?
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gamboler Heard (or missheard) My guess. Unless it's a made-up word just for that movie, you misheard it. No real word comes to mind that fits that space and sounds like what you heard.
- gamboler Heard (or missheard) My guess.
- Unless it's a made-up word just for that movie, you misheard it.
- No real word comes to mind that fits that space and sounds like what you heard.
- I have a hunch that ...
- I have confirmation that ...
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gambolerHeard (or missheard)My guess. Unless it's a made-up word just for that movie, you misheard it.
No real word comes to mind that fits that space and sounds like what you heard.
I have a hunch that ...
I have confirmation that ...
Those don't sound like acknow.
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gambolerI have an acknowI happen to know
Pronounced approximately as I happena know
CJ
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