“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
... usual and ordinary one , and that any variation from it would be quite exceptional . In Halliwell I find many errors . Very numerous words which he gives as " Somerset " or " West , " are either obsolete or quite unknown , while many ...
... usual and ordinary one , and that any variation from it would be quite exceptional . In Halliwell I find many errors . Very numerous words which he gives as " Somerset " or " West , " are either obsolete or quite unknown , while many ...
Page xix
... usual in the infinitive mood — as , I let him see ; I help ( d ) him do it ; I let her have it ; I help ( d ) mount him , we use the past tense of the principal verb instead of the infinitive , and so the past construction becomes ...
... usual in the infinitive mood — as , I let him see ; I help ( d ) him do it ; I let her have it ; I help ( d ) mount him , we use the past tense of the principal verb instead of the infinitive , and so the past construction becomes ...
Page xxi
... usual , but without exception , even when it begins a sentence . ' z I was gwain to St. Ives , & c . , would be the way it would be pronounced , but of course this would not be the vernacular idiom . As in the sense of when , at the ...
... usual , but without exception , even when it begins a sentence . ' z I was gwain to St. Ives , & c . , would be the way it would be pronounced , but of course this would not be the vernacular idiom . As in the sense of when , at the ...
Page xxiii
... usual form of You don't say so ! indeed ! oh , brave , & c . = 4. Of retains its consonantal ending when followed by a short vowel standing alone , like the indefinite a , even though in rapid . speech it sounds like the initial of a ...
... usual form of You don't say so ! indeed ! oh , brave , & c . = 4. Of retains its consonantal ending when followed by a short vowel standing alone , like the indefinite a , even though in rapid . speech it sounds like the initial of a ...
Page xxvii
... usual to duplicate day when it is desired to emphasize- ' Twas Lady - day day beyond all the days in the wordl . Her'll be vifteen year old come Mechelmas - day day . I mind your poor father died ' pon Kirsmas - day day . They zess you ...
... usual to duplicate day when it is desired to emphasize- ' Twas Lady - day day beyond all the days in the wordl . Her'll be vifteen year old come Mechelmas - day day . I mind your poor father died ' pon Kirsmas - day day . They zess you ...
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