Re: USAGE: -i/yse vs -i/yze in England (and what the heck, NZ too).
| From: | James Campbell <james@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 9:02 |
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Dan Jones eskrë »
> >HOLLY
> >MISTOEL
> >FOR SALE
>
> Yeah, but tha be daarset far ya. I love it when my little cousin (who's 10
> and has a Dorset accent so thick you could use it as a marmite substitute)
LOL... deeply cute.
> spells in "dorset"- "arfter" is a classic.
Uh-huh, I'm sure I've seen that too. Another excellent reason for dismissing
the spell-as-you-speak argument.
Now I'm thinking about such things, there's one other sign that's a personal
favourite, one near Shepton Mallet* advertising "Telegrath Poles For
Sale"**.
* That's Shepton Mallet, Somerset, as opposed to Shepton Mallet, Vermont.
** Presumably hypercorrection of the "th" pronounced as /f/ in non-RP
southern British English. Glorious.
James
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