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Examples
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Den -- he know it's a-- bendin 'down over him -- en he cain't skasely git his breath!
How to Tell a Story 1895
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"She'll die on my han's, Mars Tom, she sholy will; kase I doan 'skasely ever cry."
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I hain't hearn 'bout none un um, skasely, but ole King Sollermun, onless you counts dem kings dat's in a pack er k'yards.
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Brer Rabbit he rap on de roof er Brer Tarrypin's house, he did, en ax wuz he in, en Brer Tarrypin 'low dat he wuz, en den Brer Rabbit, he ax' im howdy, en den Brer Tarrypin he likewise 'spon' howdy, en den Brer Rabbit he say whar wuz Brer Tarrypin gwine, en Brer Tarrypin, he say w'ich he wern't gwine nowhar skasely.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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Miss Sally, dar, she got sorter restless, but Ole Miss didn't skasely bat 'er eyes.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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But 'twan't no year, an' twan't no mont ', en mo'n dat, hit wan't skasely a week, w'en bimeby one day Brer B'ar wuz gwine home fum de takin' un a bee-tree, en lo en beholes, who should he see but ole Brer Bull-frog settin 'out on de aidge er de mud-puddle fas' 'sleep!
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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Miss Sally, dar, she got sorter restless, but Ole Miss didn't skasely bat 'er eyes.
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Tarrypin, he say w'ich he wern't gwine nowhar skasely.
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Den -- he know it's a-BENDIN 'DOWN OVER HIM -- en he cain't skasely git his breath!
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"She'll die on my han's, Mars Tom, she sholy will; kase I doan 'skasely ever cry."
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872
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