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Description: | Ray and Pat reminisce about working on the boats in the Bristol Channel. Bristol is the city just to the southeast of Pill.
lexis
hobbler = man who undertakes moving or transporting of vessels in and out of dock; helmsman = man at helm who steers ship; guess-warp = guest-rope (second rope, fastened to boat in tow, to keep it steady); boatswain = officer on ship who has charge of sails, rigging etc.; fo’c’sle = forecastle (short raised deck at fore end of vessel); stern = hind part of ship or boat; cutter = small, single-masted vessel, similar in rigging to sloop
phonology
rhoticity; + V ® [d]
PRICE [VI]; MOUTH [{U]; START [A`:]; NORTH [O`:]; NURSE [@`:]; STRUT [@]; BATH [a:]; LOT [Q ~ A]; lettER [@`]
note also us [@s], particular [p@`tIk=l@`], half [ha:f], wasn’t it? [wQd=n It], go [gU], often [Aft=n], one [w@n], so many [s@ mEni], year [jI@`], regular [r/Eg=l@`] and everything [Evr/ITINk]
grammar
zero plural marker on noun (270, 280 foot long; eighteen foot long)
adjective as adverb (if the ship was carrying into the rocks too quick; everything was going satisfactory) | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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