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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a-mâ-be âll âll tha amangst Anglo-Saxon applied âter athin auver avaur awâ bezides bwile bwye ta thee called cawch Chaucer cheaks cood cood'n corrupted dear Jane desperd did'n droo dwon't eese Fieldfare Glassenberry GLOSSARY GOOL gwon haup hawly thorn hence Hester hitch hort Huntspill ichè interj iver Jerry Nutty jist jitch knaw lessin lewth lidden look'd Luck in tha mâ-be Maester Maester Jimmy Mary Puddy meaning mooäst moor moril Na'atal niver oten pleonasm polished dialect pron pronounced rawd rawze River Parret Rookery sholl shood Somerset Somersetshire sound TEDDY BAND thâ tha wine thawt theäze thee Cot thenk ther thic Todd's Johnson try yer twar v. n. To go vawk verb vooäth vrom vust West of England wherewi word zeed zong zoon zorry zummet zumtime zunz