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Examples
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Now, this is what I calls a raal good dinner, Madam Ev'leigh.
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Asa But she, she can milk cows, set up the butter, make cheese, and, darn me, if them ain't what I call raal downright feminine accomplishments.
Our American Cousin Tom Taylor 1848
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Connacht woman, but an out-and-out Connamara quean, and when only thirteen had wrought with the lads who used to make the raal cratur on the islands between Ochterard and Bally na hinch.
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But we got raal scairt and mose 'cided dat de best plan wuz to do away wid de barbecue in de holler.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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It ain't never no knowin 'as to how and when dem things is gwine to come in your path right fo your very eyes; specially when you is partakin' in some raal dark secret whar you is planned to act raal sof 'and quiet like all de way through.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Ye see he's Gin'ral ----, down ter Newbern, one of yer rig'lar 'ristocrats, the raal ole-fashioned sort -- keeps a big plantation, house in town; fine wines; fine wimmin; fast hosses; and goes it mighty strong.
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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She's the likeliest gal in the world -- good old Virginny blood, father one of the raal old stock.
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Wo'nt long fo dem folks pull up and lef 'raal onexpected like.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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I never keeps none but th 'clar juice, th' raal, genuwine critter, d---- d ef I do.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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"That's a raal good sign whin ye're inclined fur to ate -- at laste that's what the docther sez."
Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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