http://www.word-detective.com/2012/02/druthers/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2012/02/druthers/comment-page-1/#comment-34351 Mary DeLashmit Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:41:08 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=6355#comment-34351 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...") 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…”)

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