Sunday, January 8, 2012

Can you read the Collier's wife by DH Lawrence?

The Collier's Wife


Somebody's knockin' at th' door


Mother, come down an' see!


—I's think it's nobbut a beggar;


Say I'm busy.








It's not a beggar, mother; hark


How 'ard 'e knocks!


—Eh, tha'rt a mard-arsed kid,


'Ell gie thee socks!








Shout an' ax what 'em wants,


I canna come down.


'E says, is it Arthur Holliday's?


—Say Yes, tha clown.








'E says: Tell your mother as 'er mester's


Got hurt i'th' pit—


What? Oh my Sirs, 'e never says that,


That's not it!





Come out o' th' way an' let me see!


Eh, there's no peace!


An' stop they scraightin' childt,


Do shut thee face!








Your mester's 'ad a accident


An' they ta'ein' 'im i'th'ambulance


Ter Nottingham'.—Eh dear o'me,


If 'e's not a man for mischance!





Wheer's 'e hurt this time, lad?


—I dunna know


They on'y towd me it wor bad—


It would be so!








Out o' my way, childt! dear o'me, wheer


'Ave I put 'is clean stockin's an' shirt?


Goodness knows if they'll be able


To take off 'is pit-dirt!

Can you read the Collier's wife by DH Lawrence?
Dear Asimenia is not all that difficult if you really put your mind to it.


Is like hearing people from Roumeli speaking.


You still can make about half of what is said.


Once get started you get carried away .


I like your home dialect, kind of poetic, like all idiomatic dialects.
Reply:Yes, I can understand it.


I hope you can too. It's not clear whether you're asking us to interpret it for you, or whether you just want to know if we can understand it.


Some people may understand it better if they hear it rather than read it.


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Reply:Yes. I can read it, and understand it.


Not a happy tale. Life was tough for miners, and for their families. It still is for miners around the world.





Did you give me a thumbs down? I am trying to answer the question you asked.


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