_’E ain’t_ never been his old self since then. (Sketches 201.
3.) Etc.
(_Ain’t_ = am not, are not, is not, is _colloquial_.)
_Pronouns._
The abbreviated form _’em_ (for _them_, Middle-Engl. _hem_) is very
common in Jerome, as in ordinary easy conversation among all classes.
The ordinary confusion of _I_ and _me_ appears in a few instances.
Just as you or _me_ would swear at the missus. (T. T. T. 128.
17.)
In another twenty minutes _me_ and young M. were in the
carriage. (T. T. T. 195. 7.)
_Me_ instead of _myself_ is _archaic_, but occurs in vulgar language also.
It is no use fixing _me_ down to any quiet calling. (T. T. T.
172. 12.)
_Uncultivated young man._
_You_ is very often corrupted into _yer_ or _ye_.