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		dtf on June 8, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How my father gave me a terrifying lesson at 10 Some people say "I is", so I guess it's conceivable that others say "he am". And I think they say "we am" / "we'm" in Norfolk. * here's a book on Cotswold Dialect, mentioning we'm and you'm. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SNS8AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA11&ot...

learnstats2 on June 8, 2015 [–]

> here's a book on Cotswold Dialect, mentioning we'm and you'm. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SNS8AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA11&ot....

That's a wonderful reference! Thanks so much!

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