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In the Hamshire and Dorset dialects (and presumably several others in UK) as well as "ee be" you find "I be" instead of "I am", as in:
Be I Hampshire? Be I buggery,
I comes up from Wareham,
Where all the girls wear calico drawers,
and I knows 'ow to tear 'em.
In Bristol area dialect, you find "ee" used for "you" as in:
"Why duzn't ee speak proper, if ee cuz ee duzn't ut"
(Why don't you speak properly. If you could you wouldn't, would you?)
If you listen hard enough you will find people saying anything!
Rod
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