“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 xxiii
... commonly be About of a eighty , and so accord with Paragraph 4. Comp . ' BOUT O ' TWENTY . Her didn want nort of he . 6. Emphatic of is common , and loses its consonant . [ Kaa'n tuul eentaa'y hautúv'ur faar sheen dhai bee oa ] is the ...
... commonly be About of a eighty , and so accord with Paragraph 4. Comp . ' BOUT O ' TWENTY . Her didn want nort of he . 6. Emphatic of is common , and loses its consonant . [ Kaa'n tuul eentaa'y hautúv'ur faar sheen dhai bee oa ] is the ...
Page xxiv
... commonly used in the sense of " for the purpose of . " I heard a farmer say , " This is poor trade , sure ' nough , ' bout growin ' o ' corn , " which being interpreted means , " This is poor stuff of soil for the purpose of growing ...
... commonly used in the sense of " for the purpose of . " I heard a farmer say , " This is poor trade , sure ' nough , ' bout growin ' o ' corn , " which being interpreted means , " This is poor stuff of soil for the purpose of growing ...
Page xxxiv
... commonly omit the first of these connective words - Vast as I can drow the stuff out , ' tis in ' pon me again . Quick's ever her could , her brought the spirit , but twadn no good , he wadn able vor tich o ' it . See LEGGY , MAKE HOME ...
... commonly omit the first of these connective words - Vast as I can drow the stuff out , ' tis in ' pon me again . Quick's ever her could , her brought the spirit , but twadn no good , he wadn able vor tich o ' it . See LEGGY , MAKE HOME ...
Page xxxvii
... commonly dropped before the infinitive of purpose , when for is used . My man's ago up'm town vor take out a summons agin un . See LACK , MAISTER 2 , More and so , NEGLECTFUL , No call , Spare 2 , TITTERY , TO 20 . In the phr . to be ...
... commonly dropped before the infinitive of purpose , when for is used . My man's ago up'm town vor take out a summons agin un . See LACK , MAISTER 2 , More and so , NEGLECTFUL , No call , Spare 2 , TITTERY , TO 20 . In the phr . to be ...
Page xxxix
... commonly inserted after where or wherever . The keeper's boy asked , Jan. 30 , 1888- [ Sh - 1 ur laef dhu dhing'z saeum plae us wur dhai bee tue ? ] , shall I leave the things ( at the ) same place where they be to ? See INDOOR SERVANT ...
... commonly inserted after where or wherever . The keeper's boy asked , Jan. 30 , 1888- [ Sh - 1 ur laef dhu dhing'z saeum plae us wur dhai bee tue ? ] , shall I leave the things ( at the ) same place where they be to ? See INDOOR SERVANT ...
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