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culture26
english language - dialects26
occupations22
food21
food industry and trade16
meat16
animals12
nature12
community life10
agriculture9

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Upton, Clive S13
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)6
Wakelin, Martyn F4
Clifton, Gerald2
Hartshorne, Brian2
Lobb, Francis James2
Lobb, Mrs.2
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)2
Wright, John T2
Blake, Mr William1
SED Word Map: Pet-Lamb
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SED Word Map: Pet-Lamb

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question III.7.3, Pet-Lamb, mapping responses Pet (Lamb), Cade (Lamb), Tiddler/Tidlin, Suck Lamb, Tame Lamb, Gibby Lamb, Dack, Cossett, Bottle ...

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SED Word Map: Pet-Lamb
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SED Word Map: Pet-Lamb

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Early-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question III.7.3, Pet-Lamb, mapping responses Cade-Lamb and Pet-Lamb. The map was compiled by Harold Orton, and is dated March 1970. The map is...

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Butchering Questionnaire

Upton, Clive S

1974

This file contains a fieldwork questionnaire designed to elicit information about the working practices and terminology used by people connected with the meat trade. The responses collected provided d...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

29 March 1963

Thomas Stephens, recorded at home in Altarnun; answers a selection of questions, put by Martyn Wakelin, from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey questionnaire; talks with Stanley Ellis about his first job;...

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The Language of the Meat Trade: A Survey of Terms Used by a Selected Sample of Butchers in the United Kingdom

Upton, Clive Stanley

1977

Ph.D. thesis containing seven chapters and three appendices, presenting the findings of an enquiry into the technical lexicon of the meat trade of the United Kingdom which was carried out between 1973...

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Sound Recording, [Location not given]

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Collector's father gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, pork and poultry, and the an...

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Sound Recording, [Location not given]

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Male informant gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, pork and poultry, and the answer...

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Sound Recording, [Location not given]

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Male informant talks about working in the meat trade since the age of thirty, having previously worked with his father selling fish and poultry/fruit and vegetables [in the ? West Midlands]; wartime a...

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Sound Recording, Gloucestershire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Gerald Clifton, recorded in Moreton-in-Marsh; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, p...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Pasanen, Leena

July-August 1971

[Collector announcement]; George Creasy, recorded at home in Framsdenon the 30 July 1971; recites the monologues 'Bill and Bob' and 'Harvest Carting in Suffolk'; talks about his working life on local ...

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Sound Recordings, Devon and Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Stanley Ellis announcement]; Samuel Snell, recorded on his farm in Swimbridge; talks about the bad winter of 1962/1963; farming sheep and beef bullocks; Devon Closewool [sheep breed]; discuss sheep f...

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Sound Recording, Herefordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Roy Preece, recorded in Hereford; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, pork and poul...

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