Word: fergit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Comic-strip artists use word distortions for definite purposes - for humor, to indicate common slurrings, to convey the sound of a dialect. Examples (from Smilin' Jack and Popeye): a-gettin' , ah'm, aihport, fergit, yam (for am), ast, certingly, goner (for going...
...much as $1,000 for Autry to sign. Gene replies to all with free photographs of himself and his horse, Champion, autographed "Your pal, Gene Autry." But to his friends he says plaintively: "Most people don't realize this don't represent my real income. They fergit I have my horses and equipment and wardrobe to keep up, insurance to pay, musicians and men to make my arrangements, and songwriters, an office force to handle my mail, and then my income tax. ... So it isn't so much when...
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