The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and Phrases Used in the West of Somerset and East Devon, Volume 35 |
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... better ' n lattin . This implied that the zinc was a new thing which he had heard of , but never proved . So one often hears sentences like the following - This here mowing o ' wheat idn nit a quarter so good's th ' old farshin reapin ...
... better ' n lattin . This implied that the zinc was a new thing which he had heard of , but never proved . So one often hears sentences like the following - This here mowing o ' wheat idn nit a quarter so good's th ' old farshin reapin ...
Page xxvii
... better , my poor old umman , I be afeard . Do go terr'ble catchin ' , I zim , thick ' oss . Also see PLATTY . So also the construction , whether plural or singular , depends on the idea , and not upon the form of the noun . For example ...
... better , my poor old umman , I be afeard . Do go terr'ble catchin ' , I zim , thick ' oss . Also see PLATTY . So also the construction , whether plural or singular , depends on the idea , and not upon the form of the noun . For example ...
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... better nor mine " could not be said by a Somerset or Devon native . 2. The uninflective genitive ( see Evans's Leicester Gloss . p . 22 ) , " The Queen Cousin , " is unknown . 3. The redundant article used in Leicestershire ( Ib . p ...
... better nor mine " could not be said by a Somerset or Devon native . 2. The uninflective genitive ( see Evans's Leicester Gloss . p . 22 ) , " The Queen Cousin , " is unknown . 3. The redundant article used in Leicestershire ( Ib . p ...
Page xxix
... Better seems to stand for more everywhere . I'd a - got better'n a dizen one time . We say― 6. The inflections of comparison can be added to all participles as well as adjectives proper . ( Ib . p . 25. ) There idn no more gurt ...
... Better seems to stand for more everywhere . I'd a - got better'n a dizen one time . We say― 6. The inflections of comparison can be added to all participles as well as adjectives proper . ( Ib . p . 25. ) There idn no more gurt ...
Page xxxiv
... better'n I can . Tidn he can make me do it , and that I'll zoon show un . I know very well twad'n my boy do'd it . Was there no other place might serve to worship in . 1642. Rogers , Naaman , p . 535 . See GENITIVE , LOOBY , POKE 5 ...
... better'n I can . Tidn he can make me do it , and that I'll zoon show un . I know very well twad'n my boy do'd it . Was there no other place might serve to worship in . 1642. Rogers , Naaman , p . 535 . See GENITIVE , LOOBY , POKE 5 ...
Common terms and phrases
a-bin a-got a-tookt aew't aewt Ang.-Sax applied arter avore Ayenbite of Inwyt baint Ben Jonson bide bout called Chaucer common Comp corn Cotgrave could'n Culmstock Devon dhae'ur dhai dhee dhik dialect did'n dree drow dùe eens Exmoor farmer gurt gwain he've heard Her's horse jish maister neef never didn nort on't on'y Parv piece Piers Plowman pigs plough Promp pron Pulman purty puur Rustic Sketches same's Scold Sir Ferumbras Somerset sure nough ter'ble thee thick thing thout Tidn tother tree tùe twas usual vore vrom W. S. Gram wadn widn wood word wuul Wyclif yùe yuur zaid zeed zess zome þat þei
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