In order to alleviate confusion with these words and the concomitant stress their misusage causes, I suggest that we adopt the more, shall we say,
rustic forms of these words.
Thahr (or
thar) replaces
there. The second
h is optional but encouraged, as it serves as a phonetic indication that the lead-in to the trailing
r should be lightly aspirated.
Them's replaces
they're. Not to be confused with
thems (no apostrophe) which is the possessive form. As in the case of
its vs.
it's,
them's is the contraction of
them is. Alternatively,
them're (or more rarely,
they'uns's) will also be acceptable.
Thuhr (or
thur) replaces
their. This fits in nicely with the other possessive pronouns:
mine, yorn, his, her(s), thuhr(s) and
its. As with
thahr, the second
h is optional but encouraged.
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