tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post2304410072117578630..comments2024-03-17T09:14:13.950+00:00Comments on John Wells’s phonetic blog: That’s what it semt to beJohn Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684304410735867148noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-63580757457930688352020-08-14T11:52:11.457+01:002020-08-14T11:52:11.457+01:00Sorry their !Sorry their !Donnydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371957656761004541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-19186827516508177432020-08-14T11:48:28.733+01:002020-08-14T11:48:28.733+01:00My Dad was from Clowne in Derbyshire, and my fathe...My Dad was from Clowne in Derbyshire, and my father in law was from Wentworth between Rotherham and Barnsley, and they both used the word sempt, plus many other pronunciations like tret etc, and my own children have picked up some of these sayings from there Granddads ?Donnydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371957656761004541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-64060511259391673412010-10-08T19:51:16.470+01:002010-10-08T19:51:16.470+01:00BrE is pretty vast and wide, I had studied it befo...BrE is pretty vast and wide, I had studied it before but never to the depths of the many different ways some words can be pronounced or spoken. In deed much more deep and rich than AmE.Tadalafilhttp://www.xlpharmacy.com/generic-cialis/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-32529915524665362642009-06-15T17:44:10.185+01:002009-06-15T17:44:10.185+01:00This is my dream,
It is my own dream,
I dreamt i...This is my dream, <br />It is my own dream, <br />I dreamt it. <br />I dreamt that my hair was kempt. <br />Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it<br /><br />~ Ogden NashAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-35647201518849826612009-06-15T15:24:19.774+01:002009-06-15T15:24:19.774+01:00And Jack Windsor Lewis points out (p.c.) that Amer...And Jack Windsor Lewis points out (p.c.) that Americans have "pled" as the past tense of "plead".John Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684304410735867148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-67200746292653033122009-06-14T22:17:20.696+01:002009-06-14T22:17:20.696+01:00I've not heard "sempt" from living i...I've not heard "sempt" from living in Yorkshire. I looked in the Upton/Parry/Widdowson volume of SED and in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, and didn't find it anywhere. That's a new entry for me. However, I have heard "tret" frequently. Similar forms include "selt" (sold) and "telt" (told), which extend from Yorkshire northwards into Scotland. <br /><br />It's good to see a bit of Yorkshire dialect on the blog, although I should point out that Grimethorpe, as an isolated ex-pit village, is likely to be very conservative in comparison to the rest of West/South Yorkshire speech.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04081841460525341333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-75039188754224408812009-06-14T22:05:36.070+01:002009-06-14T22:05:36.070+01:00I like that. I favour "dreamt" and "...I like that. I favour "dreamt" and "leapt" (or should that be "lept"?) over "dreamed" and "dreamt", myself.<br /><br />Can't give any reason why, though.Jens Knudsen (Sili)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14078875730565068352noreply@blogger.com