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Eye dialect spelling ofI've .
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Examples
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Oi've been wan o 'the biggest libertines in this or anny other city in me toime -- there's no blagardhism oi'd have put beyant me -- but oi till ye this.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891 Various
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Oi've as good a moind as iver a man had in the wurrld to run yez in.
The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel John Maurice Miller
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"Sure, it bates Bannagher, an's a'most as good as what Oi've heerd tell of Donnybrook Fair, in the ould toimes, from me fayther!"
Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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"Sure, Oi've marched oop from the coast the same ez yersilf, alannah!"
Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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If Oi've got your loine in my sthore Oi'll boy a bill; if I haven't, Oi'll boy a bill innyway and stairt a new depairtmint.
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So, faith, Oi've coom along with the rest in the owld
Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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"Oi've often heard of the board of health, but bejabers, it's the first time Oi've seen it!"
More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher
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"Oi've been thinkin 'ut out," continued Daddy, between short puffs at his cutty-pipe.
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Put two an 'two togither an' Oi've towld ye nothin 'at all; but av ye fergit ut Oi'll see that phwat th' wolves lave av th 'bum-legged teamster is buried proper an' buried deep, an 'Oi'll blow in tin dollars f'r a mass f'r his sowl.
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An 'now Oi've found um Oi'll shtay by um till wan av us burries th' other.
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