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As an experiment both Aga and I have been asking both girls to count in one a particular language at a time (e.g. Count that in English, okay now in Dutch etc.).

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  1. noun Variant of OK1.

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  • I do garbage bags and clarinets--okay, and I make ugly dolls walk around. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 04-05 - October-November 2006
  • SLAVIN: Now it's the "Memo to the President:" -- okay -- "How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership," which is certainly very pertinent to what we're going to discuss today. —  CFR.org -
  • As an experiment both Aga and I have been asking both girls to count in one a particular language at a time (e.g. Count that in English, okay now in Dutch etc.). —  Irish Blogs
  • But there are plenty -- okay, at least two -- killer songs that would make the night memorable. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • We get to carry that olive twig -- okay, they call it a "branch" -- around in our beaks, but you can bet your bippy that they get the olives, or, more likely, the opportunity to trample the olive groves into oil. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
 

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