>>>Oh, and "surprised" guests on TV who say, "I'm speechless. I'm just/literally speechless. For once I just don't know what to say ..."
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>>Which is, of course, why they're saying nothing. <g>
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>>FWIW, the one time in my life where I felt speechless, what kept coming out was "Oh, my God!" over and over.

>Well that's just an autonomic response to any situation with Americans! :-)

Deja vu - I think we already discovered that there's no alternative exclamation available around here. Not among printable ones.