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Word: mek (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Grip, the Rat is a story packed with words pronounced differently in different localities. It begins: "Once there [thar, theah] was a young rat [ret, rate] who couldn't make [mek, mack] up his mind. Whenever the other [udder, othah] rats asked [eskt, ast] him if he would like [lake, lack] to come out [oat, aout] with them [dem], he would answer [enser, ahnser], 'I don't know [ah doan-no, I dunno],' and when they said, 'Would you [wouldja] like to stop [stawp] at home [hum, hown]?' he wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Words & Woids | 8/27/1934 | See Source »

...look at de watah, an' de watah wuz low, Look at his watch, an' de watch wuz slow, Look at de fiuhman an' he shuk his head, Said: "Jim, we mout mek it, but we'll bofe be dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 6, 1934 | 8/6/1934 | See Source »

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