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Description: | Cyril recounts his experiences starting out as a young farm hand in the thirties. He mentions his preference for tea over cider, describes a typical year in farming and refers briefly to the village dances. Bulmers is an international cider making company founded by Percy Bulmer in 1887 in Hereford (to the southwest of Kimbolton).
lexis
by Gosh! = by God! (exclamation of surprise); galore = in abundance; hogshead = large cask for liquids; pictures = cinema
phonology
H-dropping; rhoticity; + V ® [d]
MOUTH [{U]; PRICE [VI]; START [A`: > V`:]; NORTH [O`:]; NURSE [@`:]; LOT [A ~ Q]; BATH [a:]; STRUT [V]; lettER [@`]
® [di]
note also better [bEd@` ~ bEt@`], got to [gQd@], potatoes [p@deIt@Uz], because [bIkVz ~ bIkOs], either [aID@`], one [wQn] and thresh [Tr/{S]
grammar
zero auxiliary (out in the east they _ got bigger fields; of course, they _ got to grow so much acres of potatoes; he _ got a great big garden)
zero indefinite article (if you wanted to plant _ orchard; I went to _ occasional dance)
adjective as adverb (you could get the trees from them reasonable)
multiple negation (never had no tea)
first person plural was (wasn’t long till we was on the combining)
note use and phonetic quality of utterance final discourse markers like [lVIk] and you see [ju si:] | 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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