He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't Git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells
Here, let's Git mother started."
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells
I never Git a penny of it; if it weren't for the little bit I 'ad saved up in the siving-bank, me an' my children 'ud be starvin' now!
"Liza of Lambeth"
W. Somerset Maugham