Ou

Photographs by Pascal Chevallier Aldo Mondino's "Ou" depicts an African acrobat from the 1980s.

Sperone's One-Man Museum 2010

'Ou'll ax him ter see Ally gwoe ter de meetin's an' larn out ob de books, woan't 'ou, massa?

The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

'Ou'm my own dear, bressed chile!' exclaimed the old negress, clutching at his hand, and, with a sudden effort, rising to her feet.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

"Ou," said Tammas, "a humorist doesna tell whaur the humour comes in."

A Window in Thrums 1898

"Ou," said T'nowhead, looking at the others like one who asked a question, "ou, I think; ay, ay."

A Window in Thrums 1898

If you asked the natives how he did it, "Ou," they said, "he makes the one hand wash the other, doan't ye know?"

The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885

"Ou," said she, "because ye ha'e nae nose to put spectacles on!"

James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885

They have abrupt, uncouth, Fifeshire manners, and accost you, as if you were trespassing, an 'Ou'st-ce que vous allez?' only translatable into the Lowland 'Whaur ye gaun?'

Essays of Travel Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

"He said, '' Ou's all mine's, 'ickle ones: come along!'"

Lilith, a romance George MacDonald 1864

Monmouth Street, and its 'Ou' clo '' Angels of Doom, 181

Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838