“You can’t spell sausage without usage” is a jocular saying, less popular than “You can’t spell sausage without U.S.A.”
“You can’t spell ‘sausage’ without ‘usage.’ This is surely of some significance. #Ishouldgotosleep” was posted on Twitter by Sam Rudykoff on November 22, 2011. “You can’t spell sausage without usage” was posted on Twitter by Bob Calhoun on April 18, 2012. “You can’t have sausage without usage” was posted on Twitter by tonic the gindog on November 6, 2012. “You know what they always say… ‘You can’t spell Sausage without Usage’” was posted on Twitter by Steve_Isaac on September 19, 2019.
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Sam Rudykoff
@SamRudykoff
You can’t spell “sausage” without “usage.” This is surely of some significance. #Ishouldgotosleep
2:30 AM · Nov 22, 2011
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Bob Calhoun
@bob_calhoun
You can’t spell sausage without usage.
6:16 PM · Apr 18, 2012 from Berkeley, CA
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tonic the gindog
@bmmohteraj
@uuords You can’t have sausage without usage.
9:56 AM · Nov 6, 2012
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tront
@tront
rt if u cant spell “sausage” without usage
1:21 PM · Sep 18, 2013
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Jim
@jcodfishpie
You can’t spell sausage without usage. Coincidence?
1:54 AM · Feb 10, 2015
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barbara johnson stan account
@eleanoir
you can’t spell sausage without usage
4:21 PM · May 19, 2018
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Steve_Isaac
@Steve_Isaac
You know what they always say… “You can’t spell Sausage without Usage.”
2:31 PM · Sep 19, 2019
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David O’Connell
@Ochomeans8
You can’t spell “sausage” without “usage.”
12:21 PM · Dec 16, 2021
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T. Ashley 🌸 Jenkins
@FlutterSprite
Remember, you can’t spell “sausage” without “usage”
7:22 AM · Dec 19, 2021
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Jason Kay
@jasonemkay
You can’t spell sausage without usage #growthmindset
4:04 PM · Jul 13, 2023
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