“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 xv
... short i , as wik , wil , stil , for week , wheel , steel , & c . Short is very often long e in the dialect , as bee'd , eef , beech , deech , stee'ch , ee'nj , ee'm , peen , see'n , skee'n , for bid , if , bitch , ditch , stitch , hinge ...
... short i , as wik , wil , stil , for week , wheel , steel , & c . Short is very often long e in the dialect , as bee'd , eef , beech , deech , stee'ch , ee'nj , ee'm , peen , see'n , skee'n , for bid , if , bitch , ditch , stitch , hinge ...
Page xxii
... 2. It drops its consonantal ending , and usually becomes changed to long sound , when followed by a short vowel , provided that vowel is the initial of a syllable . He said he'd break th ' ' ead o ' xxii INTRODUCTION .
... 2. It drops its consonantal ending , and usually becomes changed to long sound , when followed by a short vowel , provided that vowel is the initial of a syllable . He said he'd break th ' ' ead o ' xxii INTRODUCTION .
Page xxiii
... short vowel standing alone , like the indefinite a , even though in rapid . speech it sounds like the initial of a syllable . [ Lee'dl beet uv u dhing . ] Gurt mumphead of a fuller . scad , I count . Bit of a 5. It retains its ...
... short vowel standing alone , like the indefinite a , even though in rapid . speech it sounds like the initial of a syllable . [ Lee'dl beet uv u dhing . ] Gurt mumphead of a fuller . scad , I count . Bit of a 5. It retains its ...
Page xxx
... short time ago , said , " Must low thick there ' ump ever so much . " It will be noted that we in the West do not make any use of the past participial inflection en , as in beaten , drawn , flown , so common elsewhere . A - knowed , a ...
... short time ago , said , " Must low thick there ' ump ever so much . " It will be noted that we in the West do not make any use of the past participial inflection en , as in beaten , drawn , flown , so common elsewhere . A - knowed , a ...
Page xli
... short . Such as in a manner o ' spakin ' . See MANNER . Eens mid zay - i . e . so to say . TINO ! ZINO ! & c . In suffixes we have -ish , which can be applied to any adjective or adverb without adding one iota to its meaning . That ...
... short . Such as in a manner o ' spakin ' . See MANNER . Eens mid zay - i . e . so to say . TINO ! ZINO ! & c . In suffixes we have -ish , which can be applied to any adjective or adverb without adding one iota to its meaning . That ...
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