Spoken English in Ireland, 1600-1740: Twenty-seven Representative Texts

appears bilingual called Captain century common consonant construction dear dialect doubt Dublin early effect England English Enter evidence expected fact final Fingallian front Gaelic give hand Hiberno-English Hudibras indicate influence instances Ireland Irish Irishman John kind King known language later Letter look Lord Manx meaning Middle never non-standard normal occurs origin palatal Patrick perhaps period phrase play possible present printed probably pronunciation reason recorded reference reflect remained replaced represent rhyme scene seems seventeenth shelf short similar sounds speak speakers speech spelling Standard Standard English stress suggest sweet taken Teague tell texts Thomas thou usage verb viii vowel words writing written xvii xviii xxiv xxvii