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Josh Billings Translator

Translate the unreadable dialect of unsung humorist Josh Billings
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Josh Billings is very funny but almost as unreadable as a King James Bible.

Using AI language models, translate his fundamentally irksome dialect into standard English.

This would enable it to be further translated into foreign languages and we'd make a killing in the humor market, what with the sales and film and TV rights.

This could be a goldmine of humorous ideas, instead of a headache behind your left eyeball:

I dont believe as a man should be ashamed ov miaking money; under Constitution yu have a right tew make it in any way yu kan. Ov coze i admit there are ways that are richer than others, concerning this there is komplinks.

Never try tew set a kat on its tail, kant be done by forcin. It must be kindled into that position by high blass.

Honour, as a kapital, is no longer considered a fixture, wherfore i am willing to take a small premium if bi so doing i can rescue any remains ov mi kapital frum confiscotion.

borsumikko, Nov 12 2020

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       So a, time defined, misunderstood genius.
wjt, Nov 15 2020
  
      
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