In a Devonshire carrier's van: tales told in the Devon dialect
Jan Stewer (Pseudonym of Albert John Coles)Repository | Library | Shelf |
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Somerset | Somerset Studies | B 823 STE |
GRN0343279
Publication Details
GRN0343279
Hardback
18cm
104p
Illustrated
Volume Details
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The author lived and taught in Devon. He is well-known for his use of the Devon dialect.
"When a man tells 'ee that he nivver told a lai in his life, says Mr. Zalter, "yu'm quite safe in bettin' a hogshaid o' zider to a ap'ney caake that he's utherways jis told 'ee wan, or else there's wan coming now purty quick.
"When a man tells 'ee that he nivver told a lai in his life, says Mr. Zalter, "yu'm quite safe in bettin' a hogshaid o' zider to a ap'ney caake that he's utherways jis told 'ee wan, or else there's wan coming now purty quick.