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Examples
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He wuz good ter me, Sam wuz, but he wuzn 'much good ter nobody e'se, fer he wuz one er de triflin'es' han's on de plantation.
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But dey ha 'ter be monst'us keerful, er e'se somebody would a seed 'em, en dat would
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"Eber sence den," said Julius in conclusion, "Chloe's ha'nt comes eve'y ebenin 'en sets down unner dat willer tree en waits fer Jeff, er e'se walks up en down de road yander, lookin' en lookin ', en' [sic] waitin 'en waitin', fer her sweethea't w'at ain 'nebber, nebber come back ter her no mo'."
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"Eber sence den," said Julius in conclusion, "Chloe's ha'nt comes eve'y ebenin 'en sets down unner dat willer tree en waits fer Jeff, er e'se walks up en down de road yander, lookin' en lookin ', en' [sic] waitin 'en waitin', fer her sweethea't w'at ain 'nebber, nebber come back ter her no mo'."
Hot-Foot Hannibal 1899
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He wuz good ter me, Sam wuz, but he wuzn 'much good ter nobody e'se, fer he wuz one er de triflin'es' han's on de plantation.
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Doctuh Price has tol 'me not ter let de ole gent'eman git ixcited, er e'se dere's no tellin' w'at mought happen.
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He wuz good ter me, Sam wuz, but he wuz n 'much good ter nobody e'se, fer he wuz one er de triflin'es' han's on de plantation.
The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays 1895
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Ef anybody ax 'em who dey b'long ter, dey has ter say nobody, er e'se lie erbout it.
The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays 1895
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I wouldn '_let_ nobody e'se nuss yo' baby; an 'mo'over, I'm gwine ter come an' nuss you too.
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She ma'ied a doctuh, an 'all dat, an' she lives in a big house, an 'she's be'n roun' de worl 'an de Lawd knows where e'se: but Mis' 'Livy don' like de sight er her, an 'never will, ez long ez de sun rises an' sets.
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