I wouldn't give a dern for spunk-water.

我看仙水一文不值。

I'd druther they was devils a dern sight.

我宁愿他们是鬼。

Why, they're a dern sight worse'n dead people.

唉，那里比死人还可怕。

There are precise words and obscure words in mo dern Chinese.

现代汉语中，既有精确词语，又有模糊词语。

Dern big cities is all right fur DE rich, but dey is terrible hard fur DE poor.

邓恩是所有大城市德富权的皮毛，但戴伊是可怕的硬毛德差。