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Sentence from 'Prison Break' (meaning of 'I wouldn't know?')



 
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Sentence from 'Prison Break' (meaning of 'I wouldn't know?') Tue May 08, 2007 22:10 pm  Sentence from 'Prison Break' (meaning of 'I wouldn't know?')
 

Here's a dialogue from Prison Break, episode 11.

Scofield: Still interested in getting in on PI?
Inmate: Does my mama got big breastices?
Scofield: I wouldn't know.

I don't get the last one. I've never seen such a usage of "would" before... what's the meaning of "I wouldn't know?"
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Sentence from 'Prison Break' (meaning of 'I wouldn't know?') Tue May 08, 2007 22:36 pm  Sentence from 'Prison Break' (meaning of 'I wouldn't know?')
 

I would not know.

= I've not had the requisite experience to know what you're talking about.

= I don't know.
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