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alternative o-rite
- not comparablepronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of alright.
“Is mistress orite?” she asked. “Mother is fine, Esther. You may leave now.”
2014 September 5, Arthur Hamilton, “Margaret Rose McAllister”, in Jonathan’s Journey, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN4 more examples
Tony: “O yu my compare [godfather]—O!—’Scuse me mio compare—why non yu tella me ‘hoo yu wuz?” Compare: “That’s orite compare.”
1926 December, V. A. Digilio, “Tony’s First Experience with a Telephone”, in Ralph G. Hegner, editor, The Villanovan, Villanova, Pa.: Students of Villanova College, →OCLC, page 60, column 1It's orite darling chill the fuck out. Tonight you're going to begin a new life. I did tell you before you don't need a degree in life and for this job you don't. You just need a body.
2011 August 16, Ajay Dulay, chapter 17, in The Two Sided Shadow, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBNTell yer what, luv, I’ll give yer fifty quid fer’t lot and tek ’em off yer ’ands today, right now in fact if that’s orite wi you.
2017 February 24, Bella Waxman, “Leaving Aireborough”, in The Nymph, [Neckenmarkt, Burgenland]: novum pro, →ISBN, page 312When life was black and white, things weren’t Right, / but things were orite. / What has this world come to?
2021 July 8, Sherman L. Brandon, “We Messed It Up”, in My Love, My Pain, My Struggle, My Thoughts, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN
alternative o-rite
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of alright.
Orite, I takes yer word fer it.
2014 September 5, Arthur Hamilton, “The Empire Cometh”, in Jonathan’s Journey, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN
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orite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orite
“orite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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