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What tho'd is short for in the following sentence?
So we tho’t you’d better look her over and tell us what is the matter.
28 de nov. de 2016 1:07
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It's the word "thought." It's written that way to suggest some nonstandard dialect pronunciation.
Checking, I find that it's by a U.S. author, William Carlos Williams. It's from a story entitled "The Use of Force," set in rural New Jersey in the 1930s.
28 de noviembre de 2016
Hmm...seems like it is short for "thought".
28 de noviembre de 2016
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