yessuh
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English
[edit]Contraction
[edit]yessuh
- Pronunciation spelling of yessir, representing African-American Vernacular English.
- 2013, Robert Ostertag, Cold Trail in the Bitterroots (page 64)
- Why yessuh I knows how to treat a mule too.
- 2013, Robert Ostertag, Cold Trail in the Bitterroots (page 64)
Usage notes
[edit]This spelling is most often used in response to a question or command, in written representations of the speech of African American slaves.