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UK linguistic experts might be interested

  • SiobhanLeachman by SiobhanLeachman

    This page seems to indicate this article in the journal deals with local linguistic differences. Perhaps a UK linguistic or dialect expert might be interested?

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  • trosesandler by trosesandler scientist

    Haven't come across this type of data before. Love the term "budgy" for sulky!

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  • jules by jules moderator

    I've been using the hashtag #dialect for these. I don't think Wiltshire can claim all of them but they make interesting reading!

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  • PTF1 by PTF1

    I think that this content later became published in (or a supplememt to) "A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Wiltshire", by G.E.Dartnell and E.H.Goddard, published for the English Dialect Society in 1893.

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