The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the Twin Sister Counties, Norfolk and Suffolk, as it Existed in the Last Twenty Years of the Eighteenth Century, and Still Exists; with Proof of Its Antiquity from Etymology and Authority ...J.B. Nichols and Son, 1830 |
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adjective ancient Anglian dialect Anglo-Saxon antiquity applied authority called century certainly character Chaucer coarse collection common commonly compound corn corruption derivation dictionary DICTT diphthong doubt East Anglian English language etymologists etymon express farther FIMBLE Forby French give Gothic Grammar Greek guage imperfect tenses instance John Johnson Kettleburgh Latin least less letter Lynn means modern never Norfolk Norwich nouns observed Old English origin participle particular peculiar perhaps plural preposition present probably pronounced pronunciation proof proper properly provinces of France provincial dialects rustic Saxon language Saxon word scarcely seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's short Sir Thomas Browne sometimes sort sound speak substantive Suffolk supposed syllable Teut ther thing thought throw tion tive tongue Troilus and Cressida Tusser usage verb vowel vulgar Wickliffe writers Yarmouth
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Halaman 17 - When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, " And said, Where have ye laid him ? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
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Halaman 48 - I am often put to a stand, in considering whether what I write be the idiom of the tongue, or false grammar, and nonsense couched beneath that specious name of Anglicism; and have no other way to clear my doubts, but by translating my English, into Latin, and thereby trying what sense the words will bear in a more stable language.
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Halaman 82 - I'm blow'd but we've lost! who'da thought it ?" Smack goes the flat's hat over his eyes ; exit the confederates with a loud laugh. NORFOLK. "The most general and pervading characteristic of our pronunciation," observes Mr. Forby, " is a narrowness and tenuity, precisely the reverse of the round, sonorous, mouth-filling tones of Northern English.
Halaman 67 - Chin, The. — He was, says Forby. in his "Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830," " a sort of imp which inhabits the chimneys of nurseries, and is sometimes called down to take away naughty children." Chincough. — There is a belief in Cheshire that, if a toad is held for a moment within the mouth of the patient, it is apt to catch the disease, and so cure the person suffering from it. A correspondent of
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Halaman 13 - Balk the way," get out of the way, Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon, p. 80. (4) A simple piece of machinery used in the dairy districts of the county of Suffolk, into which the cow's head is put while she is milked. (5) Straight young trees after they are felled are in Norfolk called balks. (6) " To be thrown ourt' balk," is, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to be published in the church. " To hing ourt' balk," is marriage deferred after publication.
Halaman 119 - forfeits in a barber's shop." They exist to this day in some, perhaps in many village shops. They are penalties for handling the razors, &c. ; offences very likely to be committed by lounging clowns, waiting for their turn to be scraped on a Saturday night, or Sunday morning. They are still, as of old,
Halaman i - The Vocabulary of East Anglia, an attempt to record the vulgar tongue of the twin sister Counties, Norfolk and Suffolk, as it existed in the last twenty years of the Eighteenth Century, and still exists ; with proof of its antiquity from Etymology and Authority, by the Rev.