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Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical

Note 80 — DISSERTATION III.

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There are many people, and perhaps the most of them in the capital towns, that have learnt a few common place words, such as forchin, nachur, virchue and half a dozen others, which they repeat on all occasions; but being ignorant of the extent of the practice, they are, in pronouncing most words, as vulgar as ever.

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