Suffolk Words and PhrasesMoor's "Suffolk Words and Phrases" is a quarry of material, valuable to the agricultural historian and economist as much or more than the dialectologist. Explanations, definitions, anecdotes, descriptions of use, contrasting words--these and more enliven Moor's shrewd observations in his long, discursive entries. Moor's fascination for his 'native' dialect may have been stimulated by his long residence in India. Moor's book lacks a phonetic alphabet, but gives representations in normal spelling to convey as much about pronunciation as possible. No one who has been to rural Suffolk today would have any difficulty in understanding the words and how they should sound. Moor was recording words which had undergone little change in the lives of the generations of the young and old he listened to. Some of the words have survived into the twentieth century, while others, like the objects they describe, have become museum pieces. |
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Common terms and phrases
AINT ANINND applied Bailey basket beat believe bird blow BUTES called Cheshire Cocker common commonly corn COSTARD country words curious derived especially Essex explains fare farther flump French given Glossary GOOF grass Grose hare Hawstead head Hence Hengrave Hall horse Icelandic Jameison land Macbeth meaning milk Nares adds Nares gives Nares says Nares shows nearly never heard Norf Norfolk north country north country word noticed Nunch old word Othello passage pease perhaps PERK phrase piece plough poonch pretty probably pronounced proverb quotation quotes recollect referred rhyme Saxon Scotch Scotland Scottish seems Shakespeare sheep Shuckled SKEWBALD snaggy snew sometimes sort sound spelled Spenser straw Suffolk sense Suffolk word suppose term thing thou timber tion tree Tusser verb verse vulgar wheat whelk wood word occurs YANGLE yeow young