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Title    : The Correct Use of Words?
Author(s): Mark R Smith

Copyright holder(s): Mark R Smith

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why is it
dt whin I write dis wy
d words seems aileeun t me?
d words dt I spik wee soodna feel lik dat.
bit dae do.
mibee I shood joost no budder.
yooz words fae d Oxfurd Ingleesh Dikshunree.
ur words dt we lairnt it d skuil.
dis wid be an expluraishn,
o a kynd.
but dat kyndo explorin is really whit is
aileeunaitn.
so I tink dt aal kerree on alaang dis gaet,
fur a whiil.



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Text audience
General public: Informed lay people: Other: Self + anyone interested in dialect writing
Audience size: 1

Text details
Method of composition: Wordprocessed
Year of composition: 2004
Word count: 79

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Author
Author details
Author id: 868
Forenames: Mark
Initials: R
Surname: Smith
Gender: Male
Decade of birth: 1970
Educational attainment: University
Age left school: 16
Place of birth: Lerwick
Region of birth: Shetland
Birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh
Country of birth: Scotland
Place of residence: Glasgow
Region of residence: Glasgow
Residence CSD dialect area: Gsw
Country of residence: Scotland
Father's region of birth: Shetland
Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh
Father's country of birth: Scotland
Mother's region of birth: Shetland
Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh
Mother's country of birth: Scotland

Languages:
Language: English
Speak: Yes
Read: Yes
Write: Yes
Understand: Yes
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