24-Hour Read-a-Thon

[ericadawn16]

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

I just now figured out that "dat ar" is that "that there".

Comments

[zephyrosity.livejournal.com]

You ain't been a Jore-jah or Noorth Flooorda, have uuuu.
If you come up on a "Twernt Nary", give me a shout out. I'll he(l)p ya' out.

Haha, boy, you must have hated The Sound and The Fury.;)

[aquaseamage.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I guess that is what you meant by the "slaves accent" earlier. I think I would have figured it out as there are a lot of African Americans living in my city and they do tend to sound a bit different. But the novel is old and is bound to use different words. I'm glad you figured it out!