Finally, Story; my Irish parents-in-law, Lylagh David Weale's name is scattered and Sam Shields; members of the throughout the dictionary entries as American Dialect Society, the Atlantic the source of examples from Them Provinces Linguistic Association, the Times, first a series of radio broadcasts Dictionary Society of North America, about the pre-war Island, and then an the European Association [...] I include my colleagues in of whom I have never met, kindly the Department of English, two Deans responded to my queries on the elec- of Arts, two Presidents, and the staff tronic bulletin board of the American of a host of service departments, Dialect Society. [...] It may be true, as in the present Tom McArthur has brilliantly demon- case, that the groupings arise natu- strated in his Worlds of Reference rally from the data, and are not (1986), such normality may turn out imposed by an abstract system like A, not to amount to a row of postholes, a B, C. It might even be that the result mere five hundred years in the his- can highlight significant truths. [...] Conversely, so greedy they with, There's no hard times in Mim- would steal the eyes out of your head and inegash - we have butter on the plates come back the next day for the holes is and two spoons in the molasses dish.' long but quite rhythmic in the second The hangabouts immediately latched clause, and it did make the final list. [...] D. Their various localities, top in their order from west to east; as named in the entries, can be seen the three, long-established counties of on map i. Finally, a sample of the Prince, Queens, and Kings, from occupations of these informants, in which are removed the two intersect- the order that they happen to reside ing, urban areas of Summerside and in our files, includes youth worker, Charlot
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Introduction 12
- Dictionaries and Other Collections Consulted 30
- THEMES 34
- Human Appearance 36
- General 36
- Ugliness 36
- Hair 40
- Eyes 41
- Skin 41
- Mouth and Teeth 42
- Height 43
- Size 43
- Thinness 44
- Legs 49
- Clothes 49
- Voice 51
- Hearing 51
- Human Age 52
- Youth 52
- Old Age 53
- Death 54
- Health 56
- Character 58
- Laziness 58
- Dishonesty 60
- Cunning 62
- Avarice 63
- Arrogance 65
- Obstinacy 67
- Innocence 68
- Eccentricity 69
- Intelligence 73
- Certainty 80
- Assurance 80
- Futility 82
- Worth 83
- Uncertainty 85
- Foolishness and Mistakes 88
- Mood 90
- Happiness 90
- Misery 91
- Anxiety 91
- Shock 93
- Irritation 95
- Anger and Contempt 96
- Exclamations 97
- Social Life 99
- Solitude 99
- Company 100
- Bad Manners 101
- Talking 104
- Silence 104
- Chatter 105
- Smooth 106
- Arguments 107
- Nonsense Greetings 108
- Nonsense Replies 109
- Nonsense Farewells 115
- Food 116
- Hunger 116
- Eating 117
- Drink 121
- Thirst 121
- Drunkenness 122
- Bedtime and Rising 124
- Work 127
- Hard Work 127
- Busyness 128
- Money 132
- Thrift 132
- Poverty 133
- Farming and Fishing 135
- Weather 137
- Thunder 137
- Rain 138
- Storm and Cold 139
- Darkness 141
- Fine Weather 142
- Physical Properties 144
- Age of Objects 144
- Ease of Job 144
- Tightness 145
- Touch 146
- Heat 146
- Dimensions 147
- Locations 148
- Speed 152
- Miscellaneous 153
- Bibliography 158
- Index 162
- A 162
- B 163
- C 167
- D 171
- E 173
- F 174
- G 177
- H 179
- I 181
- J 181
- K 182
- L 182
- M 184
- N 186
- O 187
- P 187
- Q 190
- R 190
- S 191
- T 196
- U 199
- V 200
- W 200
- X 202
- Y 202
