“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
... sense it is so known . Therefore I offer no excuse to the reader from Northumberland who finds here a word familiar to him , unless it is found in the dictionaries in the sense in which I have given it ; in that case I acknowledge my ...
... sense it is so known . Therefore I offer no excuse to the reader from Northumberland who finds here a word familiar to him , unless it is found in the dictionaries in the sense in which I have given it ; in that case I acknowledge my ...
Page xviii
... sense of likewise it is always tùe - good too , bad too , & c . The æsthetic slang , quite too too , would therefore be in violation of dialectal usage , and be unintelligible . Another expressive difference in stress is that commonly ...
... sense of likewise it is always tùe - good too , bad too , & c . The æsthetic slang , quite too too , would therefore be in violation of dialectal usage , and be unintelligible . Another expressive difference in stress is that commonly ...
Page xxi
... sense of when , at the time that , or just in the manner that , would all be expressed by eens . = I zeed'n eens ( as when ) I was gwain home to dinner . Her was a - catchd nezactly eens ( as at the moment ) her come in the door . Twad ...
... sense of when , at the time that , or just in the manner that , would all be expressed by eens . = I zeed'n eens ( as when ) I was gwain home to dinner . Her was a - catchd nezactly eens ( as at the moment ) her come in the door . Twad ...
Page xxii
... sense of like , or in the same manner as . We could not say , " He shall reap as he has sown , " our idiom would be a complete paraphrase " Eens he've a - zowéd , zo sh'll er rape . " As , I may venture to say , is never used before if ...
... sense of like , or in the same manner as . We could not say , " He shall reap as he has sown , " our idiom would be a complete paraphrase " Eens he've a - zowéd , zo sh'll er rape . " As , I may venture to say , is never used before if ...
Page xxiv
... sense of imitating or counterfeiting . Watch takes o ' after the participle . Who be you watchin ' o ' ? I baint watchin ' o ' you . On is never used for of ( as in example No. 3 ) ; indeed , as a preposition it is nearly unknown . Its ...
... sense of imitating or counterfeiting . Watch takes o ' after the participle . Who be you watchin ' o ' ? I baint watchin ' o ' you . On is never used for of ( as in example No. 3 ) ; indeed , as a preposition it is nearly unknown . Its ...
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