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Men are not alwez teh bad wuns… jest mossa teh times.
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Con una mossa destinata ad entrare negli annali del web politico di quanti candidati a presidente degli Stati Uniti, ricordate un annuncio dato online?
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We stayed een Greenville nearly four years. Durin 'dat time mossa planted his fa'm an' we wurk as if we wus right here.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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My Ma tell me when dey use to lick dem she use to sing dis song, 'do pray for me' en ma say w'en de lickin 'got too hot she say' oh God 'en mossa say,' show me dat damn man ', den he say,' I am your only God.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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I member when a preacher say, 'honor your missus an' mossa dat your days may be long for dey is your only God. '
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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Der's not a woman, mossa, 'pon de tree plantation, he aint lub more dan Di.
The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. Second Series 1845
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He nebber bin lub 't all; and as for 'bey, -- lor' ha 'massy' pon me, mossa, I speak noting but de trute when I tell you, -- he 'bey ebbry woman from yer to town 'fore he' bey he own dear wife.
The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. Second Series 1845
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Ha! mossa, look yer; dis de black coat ob Mass Jim'son dat Gullah Sam hab on.
The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. Second Series 1845
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You send for 'Tuselah, mossa, he eos' you more nor twenty dollars.
The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. Second Series 1845
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He hab wife ebbry which whay, and now, he no sacrify, he gone -- you aint gwine to bleeb me, mossa, I know you aint -- he gone and look for wife at Indian camp, whay down by de 'Red Gulley.'
The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. Second Series 1845
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