Word: dat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dat's alright, boys!" he bellows at his men, motioning them to stand back. Then the truck strains again at the cable and the fat pillar is abruptly flipped on its side. Lusty cheers from the boys. Radiant pride on John's earthly face. "Okay, now we git do wall," he grits...
Said Amos to Andy: "Dis lady was tellin' me dat de lady what writ Gone Wid de Win is gointa write a squeal, twice as big and twice as long." Delighted Atlantans rushed to telephone Author Margaret Mitchell Marsh, talked instead to Husband John R. Marsh. Said he: "You can tell Amos and Andy she isn't working on a 'squeal' or a 'sequel...
...stamped his foot with enthusiasm. "Yassuh!" he laughed. "You is gonna c'mon downstairs to de boys' dressin' room and hear dose cats swing on down in a jam session!" He trotted to the elevator, his blue bathrobe swirling to expose a mighty calf. "Are you gonna bring up dat machine fo' yo' Mister Waller, Dad " he called down the shaft...
...Wait a minute, boys," said Fats, "let Eugene take the second break!" Eugene Sedric took it, and his tenor sax rippled up and down the scales. "Why dat cat's crazy," yelled Fats. Eugene just closed his eyes with ecstasy...
...will youse guys cut that row? Waddaye think dis is?" then with a reverent motion towards Kirkland, "Youse pro'bly didn't know dat some of de greatest brains in dis country was woikin in dese very walls." And in almost ethereal silence the garbage crew, much chastened, continued to ply their tasks with the thought of some of the greatest minds in the world right at work, not twenty feet away, still buzzing in their heads...