They shan’t say _as_ I have disgraced them. (T. T. T. 145. 8.)

They told him _as ’ow_ it was folks’s own fault that they was

poor. (Sketches 201. 8.)

The papers always said _as how_ she was charming. (T. T. T.

137. 14.)

It was evidently his turn to think _as how_ I was mad. (T. T.

T. 188. 25.)

Constructions with _so_ ... _that_ are contracted in the following manner.

She was _that_ clean you might have eaten your dinner out of

her hand. (T. T. T. 133. 16.)

_A waiter._

I wur _that_ taken aback I couldn’t tell ’ee what it wur.

(Woodb. Farm 56. 35.)

_A farmer._

Double _Negative Particle_ is rather common—as in German and other

languages also.

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