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Yes, it's a cliche. -- (link)

Posted by mara Jul 14 '10, 12:02

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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3A*&q=%22*+and+*+and+*+oh+my%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= (www.google.com)

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Like I said, I'd term that an homage or a quote, not a cliche. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:08 5
- *ding* -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:10
- You might intend it that way, but listeners may well hear it as cliche. Just sayin'. (Read the Google result list. It starts to sound pretty silly - mara Jul 14, 12:10
- (over-used and abused common saying?) -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:08 2
  - Unfortunately, your homage has been preceded by a bunch of unimaginative hacks who think they're being clever. -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:12 1
    - Get upset about that! -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:14
That's some might clever Googling. Good use of quotes and wildcards. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:06 6
- I can use wildcards in google? -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:14 4
  - No, only librarians can. Sorry. -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:14 3
    - hee -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 12:17
    - L3. smart, funny librarians are the sexiest. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:15
    - darn. *kicks dirt* -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:15
- Librarians and wildcards and searches, oh my! -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 12:07
Yeah. I read your post literally as "Xes and Ys and Zs, oh my!" - Don Homer Jul 14, 12:03 14
- Same here. (nm) - musubi Jul 14, 12:29
- yep -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 12:09
- If she wasn't a librarian, I would have figured it out faster. I figured it was like a Dewey Decimal joke. -- nm - TFox Jul 14, 12:09
- as did i -- nm - chuckles Jul 14, 12:09
- I did until I saw the Busey remark, then I got it. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:08
- yep -- nm - Jim Jul 14, 12:08
- Yeah. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:06
- yeah, me too. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 14, 12:04 6
  - me three. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:06 5
    - Wow. I guess I'm used to it because that's how the linguists at Language Log talk about snowclones. (But also, algebra?) -- (link) - mara Jul 14, 12:09 4
      - Do I look like a linguist to you? -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:18 3
        
        Algebra, too!! x+y=z!!! -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:23 2
        
        but you capitalized! - loosilu Jul 14, 12:24 1
        
        Because the Ses to make them plural look weird on lower-case!! -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:28

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