[Ads-l] Antedating of "Yassum"

[Shapiro, Fred]

yassum (OED 1882)

1881 Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 8 Dec. 3/5 (Newspapers.com)

"Efrahem, come to your mudder, boy.  Whar you bin?"  "Playin' wid de white folks' chillum." ... "Habn't I raised you up in de way you should ought to go?"  "Yassum."

Fred Shapiro

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