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Possibly between the writing of the two plays he had further and better opportunity of observing Irishmen , and therefore took the opportunity of improv- ing his technique . Old Fortunatus was written in 1599 and printed in 1600.
Possibly between the writing of the two plays he had further and better opportunity of observing Irishmen , and therefore took the opportunity of improv- ing his technique . Old Fortunatus was written in 1599 and printed in 1600.
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He and his friend Thomas Sheridan used a number of " game - languages " , 40 of which the general principle was the writing of one language under the guise of another : thus , an incomprehensible sequence of Latin words turns out ...
He and his friend Thomas Sheridan used a number of " game - languages " , 40 of which the general principle was the writing of one language under the guise of another : thus , an incomprehensible sequence of Latin words turns out ...
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THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE Hiberno - English was never a written language : the few Irishmen able to write English would aim to write standard English . It is true that we occasionally find such unbuttoned scraps as the inscription of ...
THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE Hiberno - English was never a written language : the few Irishmen able to write English would aim to write standard English . It is true that we occasionally find such unbuttoned scraps as the inscription of ...
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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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