et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur
Andrij. I pronounce you Complete and Utter GIT
David Crystal's The Stories of English (or anything else by him).
If it's still available then for the English language side I'd suggest "A History of the English Language", Baugh & Cable. MrsLurker has a copy from when she was a penniless student oavette studying that sort of thing, but it's an accessible and interesting read for non-specialists.
Well aw’ve just mended th’fire wi’ a cob;Owd Swaddle has brought thi new shoon;There’s some nice bacon-collops o’ th’ hob,An’ a quart o’ ale-posset i’ th’ oon;Aw’ve brought thi top-cwot, doesta know,For th’ rain’s comin’ deawn very dree;An’ th’ har-stone’s as white as new snow;Come whoam to thi childer an’ me. An’ th’ har-stone’s as white as new snow;Come whoam to thi childer an’ me.
"Wat ist dat" sounds familiar but I can't remember where it's from, sounds a bit Platt. I used to know a bloke from NE Germany who pronounced an initial G as a Y - "yuten Morgen". Trouble is when folk imitate the pronunciation of another region for effect, the way we might imitate a Zomerzet accent (or try to): if you aren't a native German-speaker it can get confusing.
I used to know a bloke from NE Germany who pronounced an initial G as a Y - "yuten Morgen".
Quote from: TheLurker on 09 April, 2017, 09:14:43 amIf it's still available then for the English language side I'd suggest "A History of the English Language", Baugh & Cable. MrsLurker has a copy from when she was a penniless student oavette studying that sort of thing, but it's an accessible and interesting read for non-specialists. Also:A History of The English Language - N F Blake