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thar adverb Pronunciation of there.

1862 Watters-Curtis CW Letters (Aug 22) we ar going to hav him Sent home if thar is any chance. 1895 Edson and Fairchild TN Mts 375 thar. 1942 Hall Phonetics Smoky Mts 24-25 A number of old people, and a few others, still say thar. 1981 GSMNP-117:6-7 When he tuck a notion to whup a boy, he'd bring him up thar, and talk about the dust a-flyin’, he'd whup the tar out of him.

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