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Biddy nodded her head thoughtfully at the fire as she took up her work again, and said she would be very particular; and Joe, still detaining his knees, said, "Ay, ay, I'll be ekervally partickler, Pip;" and then they congratulated me again, and went on to express so much wonder at the notion of my being a gentleman, that I didn't half like it.
Great Expectations Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1861
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Biddy nodded her head thoughtfully at the fire as she took up her work again, and said she would be very particular; and Joe, still detaining his knees, said, ` Ay, ay, I'll be ekervally partickler, Pip; 'and then they congratulated me again, and went on to express so much wonder at the notion of my being a gentleman, that I didn't half like it.
Great Expectations 1860
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Biddy nodded her head thoughtfully at the fire as she took up her work again, and said she would be very particular; and Joe, still detaining his knees, said, "Ay, ay, I'll be ekervally partickler, Pip;" and then they congratulated me again, and went on to express so much wonder at the notion of my being a gentleman that I didn't half like it.
Great Expectations Charles Dickens 1841
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Biddy nodded her head thoughtfully at the fire as she took up her work again, and said she would be very particular; and Joe, still detaining his knees, said, “Ay, ay, I’ll be ekervally partickler, Pip;” and then they congratulated me again, and went on to express so much wonder at the notion of my being a gentleman that I didn’t half like it.
Great Expectations 2007
iPrelude commented on the word ekervally
I'm pretty sure that this just means "equally." It's sort of hard to tell because of the accent though...
September 11, 2012