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Negro Dialect Suggestions
(Stories of Ex—Slaves)


Do not write:



Ah for I

~.2! for po‘ (poor)

Hit for it Tuh for to Wuz for was Baid for bed

J:~4_4_ for dead Ouh for our I~:ah for my Ovah for over Othuli for other ~ for whar (where) Undah for under Fuh for for ~(onda~ for yonder ~ost~~e•~ for znarst~ . or massa

~ for gw~neter (going to) Oman for woman

~ for iffen (if) Fluh or fiah for fire Uz or uv or o‘ for of