The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by Conversations and Tales of Common Life, Etc

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Excerpt from The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by Conversations and Tales of Common Life, Etc: To Which Are Added a Copious Glossary, Notices on the Various Antiquities, Manners, and Customs, and General Folk-Lore of the DistrictGan and gang are words not at all indi genous to this part of Yorkshire, yet of such con stant recurrence to ourselves, and to which we con fess an attachment, that the inclination to include them in our little list could not well be resisted, and the same may be said of several other words, which though often heard, cannot yet be regarded but as stran gers. The words, however, if not generally spoken, find a general acceptance and very possibly at one time or other may become rooted in the speech.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.