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"Don't know, mate. P'r'aps a burial job," hazarded a short, stout fellow, as a sort of happy suggestion. "One of those coves in the parlour!" said another; and a laugh followed the speech. "No such luck. You won't hang your jib for them yet awhile. More like the skipper agone fishin'." "The skipper don't go fishin', yer fool. What would he do fishin'?--special in the middle o' the night." "That 'ud be like old Dovery, eh?" says a fifth, alluding to an old grey-headed fellow, who--a returned convict--was again under sentence for body-snatching. "Ay," put in a young man, who had the reputation of being the smartest "crow" in London--"'fishers of men,' as the parson says." The snuffling imitation of a Methodist preacher was good, and there was another laugh. Just then a miserable little cockney pickpocket, feeling his way to the door, fell into the party. A volley of oaths and kicks received him. "I beg your pardon, gen'l'men," cries the miserable wretch, "but I want h'air." "Go to the barber's and buy a wig, then!" says the "Crow", elated at the success of his last sally. "Oh, sir, my back!" "Get up!" groaned someone in the darkness. "Oh, Lord, I'm smothering! Here, sentry!" "Vater!" cried the little cockney. "Give us a drop o' vater, for mercy's sake. I haven't moist'ned my chaffer this blessed day." "Half a gallon a day, bo', and no more," says a sailor next him. "Yes, what have yer done with yer half-gallon, eh?" asked the Crow derisively. "Someone stole it," said the sufferer. "He's been an' blued it," squealed someone. "Been an' blued it to buy a Sunday veskit with! Oh, ain't he a vicked young man?" And the speaker hid his head under the blankets, in humorous affectation of modesty. All this time the miserable little cockney--he was a tailor by trade--had been grovelling under the feet of the Crow and his companions. "Let me h'up, gents" he implored--"let me h'up. I feel as if I should die--I do." "Let the gentleman up," says the humorist in the bunk. "Don't yer see his kerridge is avaitin' to take him to the Hopera?" The conversation had got a little loud, and, from the topmost bunk on the near side, a bullet head protruded. "Ain't a cove to get no sleep?" cried a gruff voice. "My blood, if I have to turn out, I'll knock some of your empty heads together." It seemed that the speaker was a man of mark, for the noise ceased instantly; and, in the lull which ensued, a shrill scream broke from the wretched tailor. "Help! they're killing me! Ah-h-h-!" "Wot's the matter," roared the silencer of the riot, jumping from his berth, and scattering the Crow and his companions right and left. "Let him be, can't yer?" "H'air!" cried the poor devil--"h'air; I'm fainting!" Just then there came another groan from the man in the opposite bunk. "Well, I'm blessed!" said the giant, as he held the gasping tailor by the collar and glared round him. "Here's a pretty go! All the blessed chickens ha' got the croup!" The groaning of the man in the bunk redoubled. "Pass the word to the sentry," says someone more humane than the rest. "Ah," says the humorist, "pass him out; it'll be one the less. We'd rather have his room than his company." "Sentry, here's a man sick." (pp. 36-38) Footnote to p. 37: Crow—the "look-out" man of a burglars' gang 5b.1 Orthography Elision o‟; p‟r‟aps; fishin‟; „ud; gen‟l‟men Respelling in combination with Elision avaitin‟ V for w vater; veskit; vicked http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 38
Respelling kerridge h-addition / deletion I want h‟air; h‟up (note apostrophe); Hopera Eye dialect wot‟s the matter 5b.2 Grammar Non standard pronoun yer Non standard negation skipper don‟t go; ain‟t 5b.3 Vocabulary Idiom hang your jib; moist'ned my chaffer; blued it; here‟s a pretty go Archaism awhile; agone; In-group jargon crow (see at section 9) 5c. Dialect area(s) represented Various regions; varieties are social 5d. Density of dialect representation Quite heavily marked 5e. Location of dialect Dialect entirely in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male, minor / peripheral 5g. Consistency of representation No evidence of code-switching 6. Narrative comments on dialects and varieties Note that the in-group jargon, or cant, ‗crow‘ is ‗translated‘ in a footnote: ‗Crow—the "look-out" man of a burglars' gang‘ (p. 37). 7. Other points of interest Non standard aspirant used for comedic purpose in the following exchange (note also that elsewhere in the above extract the Crow ‗s dialogue is represented as slightly non-standard with yer where you and your would normally occur). "I beg your pardon, gen'l'men," cries the miserable wretch, "but I want h'air." "Go to the barber's and buy a wig, then!" says the "Crow", elated at the success of his last sally. Bullough Collection No. 77 Three courses and a dessert by William Clarke 1. Publication details Author: Clarke, William Author dates: 1800-1838 Title: Three courses and a dessert; the decorations by George Cruikshank Publication: London: Viztelly, Branston and Co., 1830 First published: 1830 2. Genre / subgenre Collected anecdotes, essays, observations 3. Brief synopsis Collection of short stories and observations, many of which are set in the West Country. Not a particularly useful text, since these are more observations of real people than they are fictional or literary representations of dialect. 4. Overview of varieties and dialects http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 39
Page 1 and 2: Special collections and archives: T
Page 3 and 4: Ward, Mrs Humphry, The History of D
Page 5 and 6: 5b.1 Orthography Elision „avin Re
Page 7 and 8: male, low social class, unskilled;
Page 9 and 10: But the Lord ‗a mercy upon us, Mr
Page 11 and 12: 5b.2 Grammar Non standard plural ma
Page 13 and 14: Moderately marked 5e. Location of d
Page 15 and 16: First published: ? Library referenc
Page 17 and 18: 4. Overview of varieties / dialects
Page 19 and 20: Eliot brothers code-switch on sever
Page 21 and 22: a-prefixing: I can‟t abear as for
Page 23 and 24: Cross-examined by Mr. England: ―H
Page 25 and 26: ―Here we are, brother,‖ said Mr
Page 27 and 28: p. 237: ―I know little of them [R
Page 29 and 30: 5g. Consistency of representation C
Page 31 and 32: 6. Narrative comments on dialects a
Page 33 and 34: nobleman born. James and Thomas, me
Page 35 and 36: 5d. Density of dialect representati
Page 37: 5b.3 Vocabulary Nothing noted 5c. D
Page 41 and 42: Bullough Collection No. 79 The Life
Page 43 and 44: Non standard plural seventeen year
Page 45 and 46: 5b.2 Grammar None noted 5b.3 Vocabu
Page 47 and 48: 5f. Characteristics of dialect spea
Page 49 and 50: (Or at least this was the drift of
Page 51 and 52: Respelling mak 5b.2 Grammar None no
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Page 55 and 56: 5. Variety #2: Dr O‟Toole, Assist
Page 57 and 58: Very generic non-standard. Not even
Page 59 and 60: mean - crowds of ‗em would come i
Page 61 and 62: "Bless my heart, what vules we be!
Page 63 and 64: 5a. Sample of dialect ―I hope tha
Page 65 and 66: Bullough Collection No. 274 The Com
Page 67 and 68: "I bit thankit 'im, 'cause I tint m
Page 69 and 70: ‗cause why, they pipe-clays their
Page 71 and 72: Female (and also some male) Barbadi
Page 73 and 74: ―Where‘s Phil Mooney? Come alon
Page 75 and 76: ―So help me God, gemmen, you no g
Page 77 and 78: 5d. Density of dialect representati
Page 79 and 80: Respelling hoow‟s; soond; mair; N
Page 81 and 82: Female, domestic servant 5g. Consis
Page 83 and 84: None noted Bullough Collection No.
Page 85 and 86: 5c. Dialect area represented Unspec
Page 87 and 88: North Carolina, United States 5d. D
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5b.1 Orthography Transposition v an
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5a. Sample of dialect "‖Hollooo o
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Surtees himself came from landed ge
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5b.3 Vocabulary Lexis low words 5c.
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5f. Characteristics of dialect spea
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Non standard concord was you Non st
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