"I knowed you wasn't Oklahomy folks. You talk queer kinda -- that ain't no blame, you understan'. Ever'body says words different," said Ivy. "Arkansas folks says 'em different from Oklahomy folks says 'em different. And we seen a lady from Massachusetts, an' she said 'em differentest of all. Couldn' hardly make out what she was sayin'" -John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath (1958, p. 131)
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