In your Mark Twain quote, I disagree that “druther” is a verb. I believe it is still primarily an adverb, defining “have”, but includes the sound of the sloppily ellipsed “d”: “you[‘d] druther have it”. (Note the phrase you quote further down: “I’d druther live in the woods…”)
Amy Frey:
October 13th, 2019 at 12:57 pm
There was another cartoon that was about 20 years older than Lil Abner. It was called Bringing up Father aka Jiggs and Maggie. Jiggs often used thar phrase.
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Mary DeLashmit:
February 4th, 2012 at 9:41 pm
In your Mark Twain quote, I disagree that “druther” is a verb. I believe it is still primarily an adverb, defining “have”, but includes the sound of the sloppily ellipsed “d”: “you[‘d] druther have it”. (Note the phrase you quote further down: “I’d druther live in the woods…”)
Amy Frey:
October 13th, 2019 at 12:57 pm
There was another cartoon that was about 20 years older than Lil Abner. It was called Bringing up Father aka Jiggs and Maggie. Jiggs often used thar phrase.