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There are telltale characteristics, widely if not universally present: the replacement of an initial "th" with a "d" sound ("dis," "dem") and of a medial or final "th" by an "f" or other consonant sound ("with" becomes "wif," "brother" becomes "bruvah"); a reduction of consonant clusters in general (so that "first" becomes "firs" and "hand" becomes "han"); the replacement of a final "r" sound with a vowel sound ("summah" for "summer" and "mo" for "more"); the prevalence of so-called plosive consonants (making a word such as "bill" sound more like "beel"); the placement of stress on a first, rather than a second, syllable ("DEE-troit"); the disappearance of the final "s" from third-person singular verbs ("what go 'round, come 'round"); the dropping of the copula ("I here," "the coffee cold") and of certain tense inflections altogether.
Dem's book was part of the flood of Ancient Astronaut books inspired by the huge success of Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods?
Dear Dem,
Niggers all work on de Mississippi, Niggers all work while de white folk play, Pullin' dem boats from de dawn till sunset, Gittin' no rest till de Judgement Day.
Willey is a more believable witness than Lewinsky, explain the pundits, because she's an appealing, attractive woman (John Harris, PBS's Washington Week in Review ; Evan Thomas, Inside Washington ). And Willey carries no right-wing conspirator baggage: She's a through and through Dem with impeccable left-wing credentials (Susan Page, Late Edition ; Brit Hume, Fox News Sunday ; Gigot, NewsHour ; Thomas).
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