I was just recently reading something about Paul Revere that look at his writing. It seems that he wrote "git" for "get", "hoss" for "horse", "tetchy" for "touchy", "varmint" for "vermin", "chaw" for "chew", "keer" for "care" and "nater" for "nature".
Once I'd got over the realization that Americans were warned of approaching British troops by a Yosemite Sam impersonator, I noticed that a couple of the vowel sounds, while extinct in England, can still be heard in New Zealand- "git" for "get" and "keer" for "care".
Once I'd got over the realization that Americans were warned of approaching British troops by a Yosemite Sam impersonator, I noticed that a couple of the vowel sounds, while extinct in England, can still be heard in New Zealand- "git" for "get" and "keer" for "care".