Re: USAGE: Language revival

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, andrew wrote:

>Am 12/01 21:04  Nik Taylor yscrifef:
>
>> I've certainly never heard of an "undervest".  What is a British "vest"?
>>
>Also known as a "singlet" in my dialect.
We have a "doublet", as in "doublet and hosen" - which are worn
invariably in fairy stories.  I have no idea what a "doublet" is,
though.  Perhaps a kind of waistcoat? :)

>
>I haven't been following this thread closely, as there's a lot of stuff
>in my inbox but I say /tSuzdej/, /fOhEd/ and /wejstkot/.
I wondered when we'd get a Chusday-sayer in!  I have /tuzde/ or
/tuwsde/, /forEd/ and /westkot/ or more likely /wes:kot/. Is that
right for a "long s".

Padraic.

>
>- andrew.
>--
>Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
>
>                      "Piskie, Piskie, say Amen
>                   Doon on your knees and up agen."
>
>                    "Presbie, Presbie, dinna bend;
>                   Sit ye doon on mon's chief end."
>                               - Attributions unknown.
>