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“The
editor thinks it almost unnecessary to inform the reader, that the broad and
coarse forms of provincialism illustrated here are used only by the low and
uneducated portion of the population. Those who read books, adopt less
frequently those words which are exclusively local, and which are not found in
print; but they readily adopt peculiarities of pronunciation and errors in
grammars. Not only the language of the humble classes is here expressed, but
their thoughts, their feelings, their interests, superstitions, and morals… (1860,
Wait Till A Tell Ye).
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