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Examples
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I's jined up wid de chu'ch when I was sixteen, but now I aims to git backslid back enough to take de road what leads into dis rabbi place.
Lady Luck Hugh Wiley
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"Dis heah's de Oaklan 'Pleasure Club, sort of a social off-shot f'm de chu'ch."
Lady Luck Hugh Wiley
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_Chloe: _ I sen 'home dat pink silk petticoat wid de filly aidge what I was gwine keep out to wear to chu'ch on Sunday.
Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Anonymous
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Dat sho 'did scatter dat lot ob Masons and frum dat time on de spirits ob dese men roamed dis chu'ch.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration
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Mr. Bill Crabtree, a rich man an 'a man whut wuz scared too, offered anybody $100.00 to go inside dat chu'ch an' stay one hour.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration
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"Dey set in de chu'ch an 'meek de laws wid dey hats on," he asserted.
Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins
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"Well, yo 'see, boss, I'se a membah of the chu'ch, but de mule ain't, so I hauls the pa'ot to fu'nish the cussin' fo 'de mule."
More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher
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Dey stayed all day at chu'ch, an 'had big dinners on de groun'.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
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"De firs 'time folks evah meek dey own laws for dey se'fs was right heah, suh, right in dat ole chu'ch."
Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins
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Down dey wud come, clos 'like, to de chu'ch, -- but scared to go closer.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration
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