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		TazeTSchnitzel on Sept 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How not to check the validity of an email address It's "hear, hear!" - an abbreviation of "Hear him, hear him!".

shrikant on Sept 5, 2013 [–]

This one annoys me as much as "bare with me"..

mje__ on Sept 5, 2013 | [–]

Yeah, it "literally" kills me every time

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