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    This document provides a glossary of expressions used in Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple" to help readers understand the dialect used. It defines 24 terms through phonetic spellings showing how certain words are pronounced by the characters in the story, such as "ain't" meaning "am not" or "is not" and "dat" meaning "that". The glossary is intended to help readers understand the language and dialogue in Walker's novel.

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    This document provides a glossary of expressions used in Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple" to help readers understand the dialect used. It defines 24 terms through phonetic spellings showing how certain words are pronounced by the characters in the story, such as "ain't" meaning "am not" or "is not" and "dat" meaning "that". The glossary is intended to help readers understand the language and dialogue in Walker's novel.

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    The Color Purple Glossary

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    This document provides a glossary of expressions used in Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple" to help readers understand the dialect used. It defines 24 terms through phonetic spellings showing how certain words are pronounced by the characters in the story, such as "ain't" meaning "am not" or "is not" and "dat" meaning "that". The glossary is intended to help readers understand the language and dialogue in Walker's novel.

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    The Color Purple Glossary

    Here you have a list of some of the most used expressions in the first part of the novel “The Color
    Purple” by Alice Walker.

     Ain‟t = Am not; is not.


     Cussing = Cursing.
     Cause = Because.
     Ast = Ask
     Bout = About.
     Git = Got.
     „em = Them
     Gonna = Going to.
     Naw = No
     Dat = That
     Stead = Instead
     Never mine = Never mind.
     „oman = Woman.
     Bout = About, Around.
     Spose = Suppose.
     Direar = Diarrhea.
     Newmonya = Pneumonia.
     Bom = Born.
     Cept = Except.
     Yall = You will.
     Teef = Teeth.
     Big = Pregnant.
     Causeshe = Because she is.
     Nome = Not.
     Yourn = Yours.
     Soshame = Ashamed.
     Tune = Tme.
     Two berkulosis = Tuberculosis.
     Yessir = Yes Sir.
     Bugga = Bug, Virus.
     Fault = Faint.
     Scuse = Excuse.
     Spiteful = Despiteful.

    Prof. J. Magdalena Arévalo.

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