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Somerset, north east of the Parret, which is by far the most general.
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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LaNOPOUT, a town in Somerietfliire, with a market on Saturday, It is feated on a hill, by the river Parret, which is navigable for barges (0 Biidgewater.
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Parret, H. and J. Verschueren (eds.) (1991) (On) Searle on Conversation.
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_West_ of the Parret this insect is called _wock-web_, oak-web, because it infests the _oak_, and spins its web on it in great numbers.
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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_Theäze here, thick there_, [_thicky there_, west of the Parret] _theäsam_ here, _theazamy here, them there, themmy there_.
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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BRIDGWATER, a market town, port and municipal borough in the Bridgwater parliamentary division of Somerset, England, on the river Parret, 10 m. from its mouth, and 151¾ m. by the Great Western railway W. by S. of
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The village of Belton, situated near the mouth, and at the broadest part of the river Parret, consisted of one long narrow street, and a few houses scattered here and there on the small eminences which sheltered it.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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_ The peculiar head or first flowing of water from one to two feet high at spring tides, in the river Parret a few miles below and at Bridgewater, and in some other rivers.
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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West of the Parret many of the words are pronounced very differently indeed, so as to mark strongly the people who use them.
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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The chief peculiarity West of the Parret, is the ending of the third person singular, present tense of verbs, in _th_ or
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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