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EXCLAMATION

WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT REALLY SHOOK YOU UP, EITHER YOU
OR THE LISTENER WILL SAY "WOULD'NT THAT JAR YOU?"

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THAT THIS WAS IN COMMON USAGE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG
AROUND 1925.

Where learned: TOLD AT HOME OF BOTH INFORMER AND COLLECTOR

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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