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“I didn’t really trust it. I remember walking into a received pronunciation class and they were all going ‘How Now Brown Cow’ and I said ‘Do you huv a spur churr?’

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2017

“Yas’m, an’ I would huv be’n here long ago, as I writ, but I lost my bes’ friend and be’n huntin’ him fer more’n an hour.”

From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

But early next mornin’, as I done time on my postage stamp, here Mace huv in sight.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor

He says we won't have a thing t' do but sit toight an' whuttle un' sput, un' whuttle un' sput fur three years, then the com'ny wull huv t' pay us what he asks.

From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)