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Was vs Wos - What's the difference?

was | wos |

As verbs the difference between was and wos

is that was is form of First-person singular simple past tense indicative|be|lang=en while wos is eye dialect of lang=en.

was

English

Verb

(head)
  • .
  • .
  • (proscribed, dialect) .
  • * 1913 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt
    • "Was you outside the Bank of England, sir?"
  • (colloquial)
  • * 2001 , Darrel Rachel, The Magnolias Still Bloom (page 104)
    • “What happened here, Hadley?” the chief asked. “We was robbed, damn it, we was robbed.”

    Derived terms

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    See also

    * am * are * is * art * be * being * been * beest * wast * were * wert * woz * wuz

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    * * 100 English basic words English auxiliary verb forms English irregular first-person singular forms English irregular simple past forms English irregular third-person singular forms English verb simple past forms English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax ----

    wos

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1876, Edward Everett Hale, "Phillip Nolan's Friends; or, 'Show Your Passports!'", Scribner's Monthly , Vol. XII, No. 1, page 20[http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA20&id=KOgGAQAAIAAJ]:
    • She wos' real good to 'em all, she ' wos , ma'am.
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