The story
Based on a non-rhotic accent with the dough-door merger, which is found in some varieties of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Based on a non-rhotic accent with the dough-door merger, which is found in some varieties of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.