Hi friends, What's the meaning of "hyer you?" In the following contex?
“After a minute an acid smile began to eat at the corners of his mouth and he said, drawing in his breath, "Heythere, Sugar, hyer you?" and Tarwater, from where he stood in the door, heard an actual woman's voice, like one coming from beyond the grave, say, ..."
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hyer you? = How are you? It is a transcription of the speaker's accent.
— Mister Micawber
hyer you?
= How are you?
It is a transcription of the speaker's accent.
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