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Not only do New Yorkers drop Rs (call the doctah!), they add them in where they're not needed, usually when the next word starts with a vowel, which creates "I sawr it with my very own eyes!" and "The sofer in the living room is green."
Gothamist 2010
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January 10, 2008 at 6:50 pm no tyme fur lurve doctah jones
“Clerks” kittehs - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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An 'the doctah said that was what made him so fo'getful aftahwards.
Ralestone Luck Andre Norton 1958
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I'se well; nebbah take no doctah med'cine. Jes 'ben sick once; dat aftah freedom.
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"I'll git a doctah!" exclaimed the old colored man.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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So I went right in, an 'I saw a young man dere, an' I said, 'Sir, are you a doctah?' an 'he said he was; den I said,' Sir, do you t'ink you could cut my head open? '
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An 'the doctah said that was what made him so fo'getful aftahwards.
Ralestone Luck Norton, Andre 1938
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"Yassah," answered the black porter, who had been listening with evident relish, "right good doctah -- Doctah Lov'ring."
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909
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"Now, Marse Dick, doctah done say you not t 'talk, suh."
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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"Yassah," answered the black porter, who had been listening with evident relish, "right good doctah -- Doctah Lov'ring."
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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