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- pronoun Geordie Regional variant of
our .
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Examples
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a time, years sin nah, -- but aw can remember it tho 'tha's forgetten it, -- when tha used to sit an lissen to owt aw had to say, an my word wor law then.
Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877
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And it have come over me, Mr. Danvers, as she knows Susie, for, though she is the werry closest little thing I ever come across, her face went quite white when I telled her about my poor lost girl, and she axed me quite piteous and eager if her name wor Lovedy Joy. "
The Children's Pilgrimage L. T. Meade 1884
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Sniffle wor a karacter in his way, he seemed to have a bit ov a smatterin 'o' iverything, but what he professed to know th 'mooast abaat wor dogs an rats.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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Could dis be that word wor thre going to be commin out of dis chicken mess?
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W hat kind of wor k relationship do you have with this per son: cooper ation, inter dependence, independence?
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Bruce spent 30 years living away from his native north-east before swapping Wigan Athletic for Sunderland in May, but he always stayed fiercely true to those Wallsend roots and his possessive pronoun of choice remains "wor" rather than "our".
Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk 2009
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Then as he looked at the young man's careless attitude and smiling face, he burst forth, admiringly: "Dey done tole me as how yo 'wor'
That Printer of Udell's Harold Bell Wright 1908
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Everyone working wor Berezovsky should expect this...
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Why aye lads, give wor Cheryl a hand, like.7 Angry Birds – the indie rock versionTwee perfection.8 Banned Belgian dating adJust bizarre.9 Shifting furniture – the Russian wayFake as hell but very Beadle's About which we are obviously in favour of.10 Audi A1 advertWould you buy a car from a rabbit?
Viral Video Chart: Street dance, kitten, Chinese grandma does Michael Jackson 2011
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On this date, in 1986, an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant causes the wor
Keys To Online Business Success s-SUCCESS-large1-150x150 – myFiveBest 2010
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