Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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quote 2  examples of black southern dialect fr the text and what it means in today's words.

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I betcha I could give y'all an earful bout the burnin last night. Although you can tell what TJ means, his word composition is an example of dialect. 

They was waitin' there for they gas

Can you interpret this sentence please?

"So ain't no use frettin" bout it. One day you'll have plenty of clothes and maybe even a car of your yo' own to rude 'round in, so don't you pay no mind to them ignorant white folks"