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   Michael Dukelsky to Paul Quinn   
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   14 Dec 13 13:08:54   
   
   Hello Paul,   
      
   Friday December 13 2013, Paul Quinn wrote to Michael Dukelsky:   
      
    MD>> I've encountered such a phrase: "Betchya woulda forgot that one".   
      
    PQ> Spoken by an Englishman or Australian?   
      
   I don't know. I've seen it in the documentation for a unix command 'strace'.   
   :-)   
      
    MD>> Do I understand it correctly that it means "I bet you would   
    MD>> forget that one"?   
      
    PQ> Very close, Michael.  It's more likey "I bet you would have forgotten   
    PQ> that one".  (The "a" attached to the word "would" is a clue, as it   
    PQ> gives the short sound of the word "have", and, therefore the tense.)   
      
   Thank you, Paul.   
      
   Michael   
      
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