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From: "jgblair" <>
Subject: Ullans
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 21:20:41 -0800


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Tom: You need the "Concise Ulster Dictionary" 'the fullest survey of =
Ulster dialect ever published', Editor Dr C I McAfee. Published in USA =
by Oxford Univ Press Inc, New York: ISBN 0-19-863132-4 Hardback, =
860059-3 Paperback.
e.g Definition of a teacher: "Brat-walloper". Who would have guessed?
There is also "Ulster-Scots: a Grammar of the Traditional Written and =
Spoken Language" if you're really serious! This by Philip Robinson and =
published by the Ullans Press, Belfast. ISBN 0-953035-01-8.
Sorry. no idea of price - they're each about US$15 in UK.
Jim Blair

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