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Description: | Bob reflects on his difficult childhood and his approach to parenting. Eton College, the largest of the ancient English public schools, was founded in 1440 by Henry VI on the Thames opposite Windsor. Sean Connery is a Scottish actor born in 1930.
phonology
H-dropping; frequent TH-fronting; T-glottaling; L-vocalisation
MOUTH [{:]; PRICE [AI]; THOUGHT [O:U]; STRUT [a]; TRAP [{]
note also wetting [wE?In], didn’t [dI?=nt] and couldn’t [kU?=nt], circumstances [s@:?k=mst{:nsIz] and devastated [dEv@st{I?Id]
grammar
there was + plural complement (there was four of us, so there was six of us in a two-bedroomed house)
first person plural was (we was quite poor; we didn’t know we was living deprived lives)
determiner, those ® them (them boys there are constantly told they come from a privileged background; I’m a better person for having them experiences)
preterite done (they really believed they done the best with what they had; whatever they done, they did instill in me a sense of right and wrong; Dad, you done the best as you could)
relative pronoun ® as (Dad, you done the best as you could) | 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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