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From: "Brian Lummis" <>
Subject: Re: say Twaite
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 20:40:21 +0100
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I used to live in the next village and all the locals called it Twaite but
the village of the same name in Norfolk was called Thwaite!

Brian Lummis
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ADH" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: say Twaite


> I disagree with Simon's view over the pronounciation, (or is it
pronunciation!) of Thwaite?
> I think that only a foreigner from Ipswich would say "TH-WAITE"!
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> Adrian
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> p.s The Vocabulary of East Anglia (first printed in 1830), by Rev Robert
Forby, clearly explains the correct pronunciation of Suffolk & Norfolk
words, including a detailed etymology.
> David & Charles reprinted the 2 volumes a few years ago.
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