“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 v
... sort of focus ; and thus they suggest to an observer what he should look for in his own . The greatest difficulty to be dealt with is not that of becoming familiar with local speech , but of deciding what is provincial or dialectal ...
... sort of focus ; and thus they suggest to an observer what he should look for in his own . The greatest difficulty to be dealt with is not that of becoming familiar with local speech , but of deciding what is provincial or dialectal ...
Page vii
... sort of hoe . " What sort ? Instances of similar indefinite definitions might be multiplied to any extent . I trust I have not run into the other extreme of describing at length that with which everybody is familiar . Skillett and crock ...
... sort of hoe . " What sort ? Instances of similar indefinite definitions might be multiplied to any extent . I trust I have not run into the other extreme of describing at length that with which everybody is familiar . Skillett and crock ...
Page viii
... 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 - hand except in a few cases , where I ...
... 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 - hand except in a few cases , where I ...
Page xxii
... sort . Again as is used almost as often in connection with though , which we pronounce off or thoff , as shown in the example to illustrate contraction of thes : ( ante p . xviii ) . Tid'n s'off I'd a - do'd ort agin he , nor neet s'off ...
... sort . Again as is used almost as often in connection with though , which we pronounce off or thoff , as shown in the example to illustrate contraction of thes : ( ante p . xviii ) . Tid'n s'off I'd a - do'd ort agin he , nor neet s'off ...
Page xxxi
... sort o ' place , I zim . Mr. Jones is mortal viery man . See Illust . QUICK - STICK , KIN . Wants quarter to 2. A is omitted before bit or quarter when used as a fraction . Thick there idn quarter zo goods ' tother . one , an ' there ...
... sort o ' place , I zim . Mr. Jones is mortal viery man . See Illust . QUICK - STICK , KIN . Wants quarter to 2. A is omitted before bit or quarter when used as a fraction . Thick there idn quarter zo goods ' tother . one , an ' there ...
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The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectcal and Archaic Words and ... Frederic Thomas Elworthy No preview available - 1888 |
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