Let him whose own enunciation is chemically free from localism or slovenliness cast the first stone even at "mebbe" and "ruther."
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
The obstinate localism of the colonies was such that not until a generation after the Revolution did a genuine American national sentiment appear.
"The Wars Between England and America"
T. C. Smith
This crass localism, they maintained, was the teaching of their opponents, while they themselves faithfully adhered to the teachings of Luther and Philip, and, in general, were opposed only to the exaggerations and excrescences advocated by the bigoted Flacians.
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente