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Ashton Keynes Response Book - 32W1
Wright, John T
21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E
1957-1961
[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1960
Mr. Hitchcock, recorded in Netheravon; talks about his parents; Ernest Kent; the pronunciation of the words gate and post [Orton questions]; ploughing; the pronunciation of the word horses; Orton ques...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1960
Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A796r]; talks about hedging and ditching, related terminology and tools used; his father's speech; the price of beer/ale; a brewe...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1957
Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957; talks about his first job, driving a farm waggon at the age of ten; stable work harnessing horses; wages; thoughts on modern farming methods (plo...
Book II: Farming [Ashton Keynes Response Book]
Wright, John T
21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.
Book III: Animals [Ashton Keynes Response Book]
Wright, John T
21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.
Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Ashton Keynes Response Book]
Wright, John T
21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.
Book VI: The Human Body [Ashton Keynes Response Book]
Wright, John T
21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.
Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Ashton Keynes Response Book]
Wright, John T
21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.
Book VIII: Social Activities [Ashton Keynes Response Book]
Wright, John T
21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to social activities.
Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Ashton Keynes Response Book]
Wright, John T
21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to states, actions and relations.