 | Alexander John Ellis - English language - 1889 - 1030 pages
...not an English dialect, and hence has no place here. Rd. From Rd. I have no specimens, but the Rev. Henry de Winton, vicar of Boughrood (19 sw.Presteign),...foreigner's English, and embraces nearly the whole county. Jfo., though long a part of England by law, is essentially "Welsh in feeling. By Chepstow, on the borders... | |
 | Wales - 1882 - 346 pages
...Directly you cross that river into Breconshire (above Boughrood) you enter a Welsh speaking district . The English spoken being an acquired language, is...than that of the neighbouring English counties. It has occurred to me to add that above the junction with the river Elan, that river and not the Wye separates... | |
 | Philological Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1885 - 1072 pages
...Directly you cross that river into Breconshire (above Boughrood) you enter a Welsh speaking district. The English spoken being an acquired language, is...than that of the neighbouring English counties. It has occurred to me to add that above the junction with the river Elan, that river and not the Wye separates... | |
 | Robert Jones, Thomas Powel - Wales - 1882 - 650 pages
...Directly you cross that river into Breconshire (above Boughrood) you enter a Welsh speaking district The English spoken being an acquired language, is...than that of the neighbouring English counties. It has occurred to me to add that above the junction with the river Elan, that river and not the Wye separates... | |
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Henry de Winton, vicar of Boughrood (19 sw.Presteign), says, " The English spoken being an acquired language is more free from provincialisms and purer than that of the neighbouring English counties." It is therefore a foreigner's English, and embraces... 