The Welsh Vocabulary of the Bangor District (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Welsh Vocabulary of the Bangor District

MY aim in the present book has been to make an accurate record of the words in colloquial use in one clearly defined district in Wales. In a language like Welsh, which at present has no recognized spoken standard, no hard and fast line can be drawn in the spoken language between literary words and those which belong purely to the domain of dialect; and there are probably few 'words which in their form, use, or pronunciation could be said to be precisely identical in all parts of the country. Hence my design has been not to compile a glossary of a particular dialect but rather a vocabulary of spoken Welsh as represented by the usage in a particular district. It appeared to me that such a compilation, however imperfect and incomplete, could scarcely fail to be of service for comparative purposes to workers in other dialects as well as to those who desire to obtain a knowledge of colloquial Welsh, and at the same time might possibly be the means of preserving some words and expressions which are now rapidly becoming obsolete and are known only to the older inhabitants. I have spared no pains to make the work as accurate as possible, but it would be vain to pretend to any hope that I have always succeeded. The number of words still in use might probably be largely extended but I am unwilling to delay further the publication of a work which has already Occupied me for nine years.

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Excerpt from The Welsh Vocabulary of the Bangor District
I will now mention the names of my principal informants, to all of whom I am deeply indebted for their patient and ready help. The groundwork of the book represents the speech of the following, in the order in which I made their acquaintance. I refer to them under their initials in the course of the work, wherever this seemed desirable.
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This 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.