Observations on Some of the Dialects in the West of England, Particularly Somersetshire:: With a Glossary of Words Now in Use There; and Poems and Other Pieces, Exemplifying the Dialect |
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... Thomas Came an Young Maester Jimmy , a Dialogue Mary Ramsey , a Monologue 179 - 181 - 184 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS - 187 Miss HAM on the Somerset Dialect - 188 The Author's anxiety to render his work as complete as possible , has ...
... Thomas Came an Young Maester Jimmy , a Dialogue Mary Ramsey , a Monologue 179 - 181 - 184 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS - 187 Miss HAM on the Somerset Dialect - 188 The Author's anxiety to render his work as complete as possible , has ...
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... Thomas Gool , the sub- ject of the above Poem ; the name of the second was Martin , of the third Pain ; but as the last lived a short time only after having married her , she always conti- nued to be called Joannah Martin . Joannah was ...
... Thomas Gool , the sub- ject of the above Poem ; the name of the second was Martin , of the third Pain ; but as the last lived a short time only after having married her , she always conti- nued to be called Joannah Martin . Joannah was ...
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... missis's back up , an Hester han't a bin a choorin there zunz . Bit ' tis niver - the - near ta bear malice ; and zaw I'll goo auver an zee which wâ tha wine da blaw ; THOMAS CAME AN YOUNG MAESTER JIMMY . Thomas Came . 180 DIALOGUES .
... missis's back up , an Hester han't a bin a choorin there zunz . Bit ' tis niver - the - near ta bear malice ; and zaw I'll goo auver an zee which wâ tha wine da blaw ; THOMAS CAME AN YOUNG MAESTER JIMMY . Thomas Came . 180 DIALOGUES .
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... THOMAS CAME AN YOUNG MAESTER JIMMY . Thomas Came . - Aw , Maester Jimmy ! zaw you be a come whim * vrom school . I thawt we shood niver zee na moor . We've a mist ye iver zunz thic time , when we war at zea - wâll , an cut aup tha girt ...
... THOMAS CAME AN YOUNG MAESTER JIMMY . Thomas Came . - Aw , Maester Jimmy ! zaw you be a come whim * vrom school . I thawt we shood niver zee na moor . We've a mist ye iver zunz thic time , when we war at zea - wâll , an cut aup tha girt ...
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... Thomas , âve ye had any zenvy theäze year ? —I zeed a gir'd'l * o't amangst tha wheat as I rawd along . Ave you bin down in ham , Thomas , o ' late- is thic groun , tha ten yacres , haind vor mawin ? Thomas Came . - Aw , Maester Jimmy ...
... Thomas , âve ye had any zenvy theäze year ? —I zeed a gir'd'l * o't amangst tha wheat as I rawd along . Ave you bin down in ham , Thomas , o ' late- is thic groun , tha ten yacres , haind vor mawin ? Thomas Came . - Aw , Maester Jimmy ...
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a-mâ-be âll tha Amangst Anglo-Saxon applied âter athin auver avaur awâ awld bezides bird bwile bwye ta thee called cattle cawch Chaucer cheaks cood cood'n corrupted dear Jane desperd dialect droo dwon't dwont ye eese Fieldfare gennelmen GLOSSARY GOOL gwon haup hence hired hitch Huntspill ichè interj Jerry Nutty jist jitch knaw lessin letter lewth look'd Luck in tha Maester Mary Puddy meaning mooäst moor moril niver oten person pirty pleonasm polished dialect prep pron pronounced rawd rawze River Parret Rookery Rooks sholl shood Somerset Somersetshire sound storry TEDDY BAND thâ thawt theäze thee Cot thenk ther thic Todd's Johnson try yer twar UTCHY v. n. To go vawk verb vooäth vrom vust West of England word zeed zong zoon zorry zummet zumtime zunz
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Page 84 - The larva of the gadfly growing under the skin of the back of cattle. WOROWE. To choke. See Worry. WORRA. A small round moveable nut or pinion, with grooves in it, and having a hole in its centre, through which the end of a round stick or spill may be thrust. The spill and worra are attached to the common spinning-wheel, which, with those and the turnstring, form the apparatus for spinning wool, &c.
Page 180 - I'm glad o't. I'll hirn auver an zee where I can't help 'em; bit I han'ta bin athin tha drashel o' Maester Boord's door vor a longful time, bin I thawt that missis did'n use Hester well; but I dwon't bear malice, an zaw I'll goo. Farmer Bennet.
Page 64 - Hirddick; the r and i transposed.] Rode. s. To go to rode, means, late at night or early in the morning, to go out to shoot wild fowl which pass over head on the wing. To Rose. vn To drop out from the pod, or other seed vessel, when the seeds are over-ripe. To Rough. va To roughen; to make rough. Round-dock. s. The common mallow; malva sylvestris. Called round-dock from the roundness of its leaves. CHAUCER has the following expression which has a good deal puzzled the glossarists: "But canst...
Page 66 - Scud. s. A scab. Sea-Bottle. s. Many of the species of the sea-wrack, or fucus, are called sea-bottles, in consequence of the stalks having round or oval vesicles or pods in them; the pod itself. Sea-crow. s. A cormorant. Seed-lip. s. A vessel of a particular construction, in which the sower carries the seed.
Page 64 - The round-dock leaves are used at this day as a remedy, or supposed remedy or charm, for the sting of a nettle, by being rubbed on the stung part; and the rubbing is accompanied, by the more superstitious, with the following words— In dock, out nettle...
Page xxiv - This small section throws considerable light upon the mode of deposition of these tongues in the larger section, and is well worthy the attention of those who take an interest in the deposits of the valley.