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Description: | Nick describes the cottage he lives in and recalls his father’s milk round and the economic realities of his childhood days.
lexis
copper = large copper vessel for cooking or laundry purposes; elder = older; most everybody = nearly everybody, almost everybody
phonology
L-vocalisation
MOUTH [EU ~ {U]; PRICE [AI]; NORTH [O: ~ O:U]; TRAP [{]
note also floor [flO:@], our [{:] and statutory [st@tu:t@r/i]
grammar
out + zero of (I want you out _ my house)
preterite come (that’s why he took the tenancy when it come vacant; time he come home it was nearly time for us to go to bed)
preterite see (we never see him practically the whole of the week) | 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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