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Word: bofe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dialectolalia") with common characteristics. They may slur words as in "sawrat" (it's all right), "sisfirshear" (it's his first year) and "smothertam" (some other time). The sounds of f and r may be dropped as "hep yo sef" or "sistah." The th sound turns to f: "bofe" for both. Errant grammar includes "he be absent," "he do," "my mother, she done gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teaching: English as a Second Language | 2/18/1966 | See Source »

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