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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Page ix
Ben Jonson never heard anybody say varrier ( Tale of a Tub ) who was speaking his own genuine tongue . In many cases , however , there is uncer- tainty of pronunciation , and apparent exception to the rule that words in for s ...
Ben Jonson never heard anybody say varrier ( Tale of a Tub ) who was speaking his own genuine tongue . In many cases , however , there is uncer- tainty of pronunciation , and apparent exception to the rule that words in for s ...
Page xiii
I have been frequently struck with the inability of otherwise intelligent people , who would both speak and write ... daily are anything out of the common , or different to what they would use themselves in speaking to their own class .
I have been frequently struck with the inability of otherwise intelligent people , who would both speak and write ... daily are anything out of the common , or different to what they would use themselves in speaking to their own class .
Page xix
A tenant farmer , speaking of some repairs to the dairy window , said to me , They do zay how this here preforated sinc ' s a sight better ' n lattin . This implied that the zinc was a new thing which he had heard of , but never proved ...
A tenant farmer , speaking of some repairs to the dairy window , said to me , They do zay how this here preforated sinc ' s a sight better ' n lattin . This implied that the zinc was a new thing which he had heard of , but never proved ...
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In speaking of particular seasons , it is very usual to duplicate day when it is desired to emphasize- ' Twas Lady - day day beyond all the days in the wordl . Her'll be vifteen year old come Mechelmas - day day .
In speaking of particular seasons , it is very usual to duplicate day when it is desired to emphasize- ' Twas Lady - day day beyond all the days in the wordl . Her'll be vifteen year old come Mechelmas - day day .
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In these latter cases the form is that which would be used in speaking to a superior , and its use implies that the person addressed is not familiar with the trade . Indeed , the has a force analogous to this here , as before explained ...
In these latter cases the form is that which would be used in speaking to a superior , and its use implies that the person addressed is not familiar with the trade . Indeed , the has a force analogous to this here , as before explained ...
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| Title | 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 Issue 50 of Publication, English Dialect Society The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and Phrases Used in the West of Somerset and East Devon, Frederick Thomas Elworthy |
| Author | Frederick Thomas Elworthy |
| Publisher | For the Englis ̈dialect society, Trübner & Company, 1886 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 876 pages |
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