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Richard Ranftwarm [wa:m]
Posted by Richard Ranft on 29/03/2012

Richard Ranftuse of thou ("thou means spice bread")
Posted by Richard Ranft on 29/03/2012

Richard Ranftzero definite article ("I shoves _ damper in")
Posted by Richard Ranft on 29/03/2012

Richard Ranftverbal inflection with I (I leaves);
Posted by Richard Ranft on 29/03/2012

Richard Ranftzero definite article (...I puts it in front of _ fire again)
Posted by Richard Ranft on 29/03/2012

Richard Ranftpast participle 'gotten' ("when it had gotten risen")
Posted by Richard Ranft on 29/03/2012

R Ranftadjective as adverb (I kneaded it real well; if you don’t knead it real well; I kneads it real well; then it ’s real brown)
Posted by R Ranft on 29/03/2012

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:04:01

  • Cultures

    English

  • Shelf mark

    C908/47

  • Recording date

    1955/04/14

  • Recording locations

    Welwick, Yorkshire: OS Grid Reference(534500,421500)

  • Producers

    University of Leeds

  • Recordist

    Ellis, Stanley (b.1926

  • Speakers

    Dibnah, Miss (b.1890, female, housekeeper)

  • Description

    Miss Dibnah explains how to make white bread, brown bread and spice bread. Read a transcript of this recording on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website .

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User notes for this item

[0:12]

warm [wa:m]

Posted by Richard Ranft, The British Library on 29/03/2012 16:57:00

[2:30]

use of thou ("thou means spice bread")

Posted by Richard Ranft, The British Library on 29/03/2012 16:54:00

[1:31]

zero definite article ("I shoves _ damper in")

Posted by Richard Ranft, The British Library on 29/03/2012 16:52:00

[1:18]

verbal inflection with I (I leaves);

Posted by Richard Ranft, The British Library on 29/03/2012 16:50:00

[0:53]

zero definite article (...I puts it in front of _ fire again)

Posted by Richard Ranft, The British Library on 29/03/2012 16:48:00

[0:44]

past participle 'gotten' ("when it had gotten risen")

Posted by Richard Ranft, The British Library on 29/03/2012 16:46:00

[0:27]

adjective as adverb (I kneaded it real well; if you don’t knead it real well; I kneads it real well; then it ’s real brown)

Posted by R Ranft, The British Library on 29/03/2012 16:45:00