“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
... nort vor to be ' shamed o ' . Cockney - Taint nothink to be ashamed on . They chil'ern o ' yours be somethin ' vor to be proud o ' . What be actin ' o ' ? is the ordinary method of saying , What are you doing ? What be a tellin ' o ...
... nort vor to be ' shamed o ' . Cockney - Taint nothink to be ashamed on . They chil'ern o ' yours be somethin ' vor to be proud o ' . What be actin ' o ' ? is the ordinary method of saying , What are you doing ? What be a tellin ' o ...
Page xxvi
... nort ' t - all about it ; he's so good hand to emptin ' o ' cloam ' s you'll vind here and there . Her's gwain to be a - buried to cemetery to dree o'clock marra t'arternoon . So also to is used in some cases before the gerund . I've a ...
... nort ' t - all about it ; he's so good hand to emptin ' o ' cloam ' s you'll vind here and there . Her's gwain to be a - buried to cemetery to dree o'clock marra t'arternoon . So also to is used in some cases before the gerund . I've a ...
Page xxxii
... nort vor man like he . See PINCHFART , SPAT . 4. A is dropped after such , nearly always . Nobody ont do Jis fools ' he off to be a - starve to death ! You ant a - zeed no jis noise ' bout nort in all your born days . See GRUBBER 2 ...
... nort vor man like he . See PINCHFART , SPAT . 4. A is dropped after such , nearly always . Nobody ont do Jis fools ' he off to be a - starve to death ! You ant a - zeed no jis noise ' bout nort in all your born days . See GRUBBER 2 ...
Page xl
... nort ' t - all ' bout drappin ' o ' it . See KEEP COMPANY , KNOW BY . For is used after why - i . e . instead of saying simply , why ? we say why vor ? See WHY VOR . In is used redundantly before under , and as a prefix before detriment ...
... nort ' t - all ' bout drappin ' o ' it . See KEEP COMPANY , KNOW BY . For is used after why - i . e . instead of saying simply , why ? we say why vor ? See WHY VOR . In is used redundantly before under , and as a prefix before detriment ...
Page xlvi
... nort ' t - all ' bout it , means never recollected . [ Beedhing'kt , beedhautud . ] Whether this latter should be classed as a development , there is some doubt . Another advance apparently connected with increasing instruc- tion is the ...
... nort ' t - all ' bout it , means never recollected . [ Beedhing'kt , beedhautud . ] Whether this latter should be classed as a development , there is some doubt . Another advance apparently connected with increasing instruc- tion is the ...
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