“The” West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and Phrases Used in the West of Somerset and East Devon, Volume 13; Volume 17Trübner, 1886 - 876 pages |
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Page viii
... common articles have been inserted as a sort of legacy to the future - these are now obsolescent , and probably in a few years will be quite forgotten - e . g . pattens , gambaders , & c . Further , I have not taken any word at second ...
... common articles have been inserted as a sort of legacy to the future - these are now obsolescent , and probably in a few years will be quite forgotten - e . g . pattens , gambaders , & c . Further , I have not taken any word at second ...
Page ix
... common English words in fare spelt with , and all words in s are spelt with z . No doubt it is very funny ; both Shakspere and Ben Jonson adopted that method to distinguish a clown ; a method which has become conventional , and has ...
... common English words in fare spelt with , and all words in s are spelt with z . No doubt it is very funny ; both Shakspere and Ben Jonson adopted that method to distinguish a clown ; a method which has become conventional , and has ...
Page x
... common to the trades to which they apply , but in most cases I think there are some points of divergence from ordinary trade or hunting terms , sufficient to make them worth recording here . In some cases it will be found that common ...
... common to the trades to which they apply , but in most cases I think there are some points of divergence from ordinary trade or hunting terms , sufficient to make them worth recording here . In some cases it will be found that common ...
Page xxiii
... common ; indeed it is the usual form of You don't say so ! indeed ! oh , brave , & c . = 4. Of retains its consonantal ending when followed by a short vowel standing alone , like the indefinite a , even though in rapid . speech it ...
... common ; indeed it is the usual form of You don't say so ! indeed ! oh , brave , & c . = 4. Of retains its consonantal ending when followed by a short vowel standing alone , like the indefinite a , even though in rapid . speech it ...
Page xxviii
... common . I have also noted others common to both localities . 1. Nor , meaning than , common elsewhere , is not heard in the West . " Yourn is better nor mine " could not be said by a Somerset or Devon native . 2. The uninflective ...
... common . I have also noted others common to both localities . 1. Nor , meaning than , common elsewhere , is not heard in the West . " Yourn is better nor mine " could not be said by a Somerset or Devon native . 2. The uninflective ...
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The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectcal and Archaic Words and ... Frederic Thomas Elworthy No preview available - 1888 |
Common terms and phrases
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