Their absence from Forster's book is not surprising. As far as I can see,
Forster relied on published sources and, as far as I know, did not undertake
any systematic large scale field work using local informants. For a
dictionary of this type, local field work is essential. It might make a
good PhD project, but that's a matter for others to decide.
John Insley
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From: "R.A. Coates" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [EPNL] Railway pronunciation?
> Curious that Had- and Pad- are absent from Forster's pronouncing
> dictionary, and that Whitfield is only given generically and not with the
> unusual pronunciation that Paul gives. These prons are absent from PN Db,
> too.
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> --On 24 June 2004 09:49 +0100 Paul Skellington
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Whitfield, Hadfield, Padfield etc near Glossop are
> > pronounced 'Whit-felt', 'Had-felt', 'Pad-felt', by
> > elderly, rustic, locals, although it is dying out now
> > - literally. This has always puzzled me. It surely
> > can't date back to Old English can it....?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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