Local field work really is essential here. I don't possess Forster's book
and I never felt moved to buy it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "R.A. Coates" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [EPNL] Railway pronunciation?
> Indeed, I was aware of Forster's method, but was aurprised there were some
> local pronunciations that hadn't made it into print for him to pick up on.
>
> ----rc
>
>
> --On 26 June 2004 12:08 +0200 John Insley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "R.A. Coates" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > 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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