 In 1987, there was a contest to count how many times the words  "Vern" and "KnoWhutIMean?" were spoken and written. Here are the  answers: Vern is spoken 311 times. Vern is written 10 times.  KnoWhutIMean? is spoken 75 times. KnoWhutIMean? is written 10 times.  "Hey, Fern" is said once and written once.