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I didna ken whuther to flee up the yaird, roar oot "feyre," or clim 'up on the dyke an' gie them a wallop roond the linders wi 'my bits o' cloots.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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Thingymabob, an 'you'll shune find oot whuther he thinks the Toon
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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But Chloe wuz a mighty jealous 'oman, en w'iles she didn 'b'liebe w'at Hannibal said, she seed how it COULD' a 'be'n so, en she' termine 'fer ter fin' out fer herse'f whuther it WUZ so er no.
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"Section Forty-three was goin 'to start cuttin' on the first of this month I heard, but I don't know whuther they did or not," she said.
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
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What needs I care whuther fowk kens a 'aboot it, or no'?
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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And I didn't know whuther to believe Taddy or not.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various
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"'On whuther there is more money comes down them stairs than goes up.'"
The Desert Fiddler 1902
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"I'll show 'em whuther I'm an outlaw or not," he muttered.
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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"I don't know whuther I'll ever pay for these or not," announced Mr. Luce, grabbing the bundles that Broadway poked across the counter as gingerly as he would feed meat to a tiger.
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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"And he came and hollered into my bedroom window that he'd show me whuther he could be an outlaw or not," concluded the old showman.
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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