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... it home and the Berer shall have for his peanes tree stroakes of a foxe teale This , however , is not only an informal but perhaps an intentionally humorous note : probably John Dowling wrote his letters in excel- lent English .
... it home and the Berer shall have for his peanes tree stroakes of a foxe teale This , however , is not only an informal but perhaps an intentionally humorous note : probably John Dowling wrote his letters in excel- lent English .
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It is perhaps worth mentioning that in anglicized forms of Irish place - names the normal lenition of the second element is usually not reproduced , perhaps in order not to obscure the signi- ficance of the element .
It is perhaps worth mentioning that in anglicized forms of Irish place - names the normal lenition of the second element is usually not reproduced , perhaps in order not to obscure the signi- ficance of the element .
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36 ) unlawfull grist seems to refer to bribes ; perhaps the basic meaning is ' inducement ' . The phrase pole bushell ( 102 ) is wholly obscure . Finally , the word crangore ( 49 ) may perhaps represent unrecorded Irish slang .
36 ) unlawfull grist seems to refer to bribes ; perhaps the basic meaning is ' inducement ' . The phrase pole bushell ( 102 ) is wholly obscure . Finally , the word crangore ( 49 ) may perhaps represent unrecorded Irish slang .
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Contents
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS TEXTS I Captain Thomas Stukeley 15961605 | 31 |
Sir John Oldcastle 15991600 | 33 |
Copyright | |
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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
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| Title | Spoken English in Ireland, 1600-1740: Twenty-seven Representative Texts Volume 5 of Dolmen texts Volume 9 of Irish writings from the age of Swift |
| Author | Alan Bliss |
| Editor | Alan Bliss |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Dolmen Press, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0391011197, 9780391011199 |
| Length | 381 pages |
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