fise/fice mildew

fise, fice The only positive factor is V. Dower's specific use of this as mildew on jam. But the connection with British foist, n cties, is now tenuous. A terrible phonetic/ phonemic arises, since west country ou (as in house) to other and educated ears sound like I. Skipper Eph has this on CBC...

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Summary:fise, fice The only positive factor is V. Dower's specific use of this as mildew on jam. But the connection with British foist, n cties, is now tenuous. A terrible phonetic/ phonemic arises, since west country ou (as in house) to other and educated ears sound like I. Skipper Eph has this on CBC. The Colletts from Hr Buffett had fine examples, which I was always misinterpreting. My guess is that foust and fous' actually are the forms around the island, and that fice is someone else's interpretation that is 1) ra re and 2) not caught on with the people. If we had two or three tapes from John, we would certainly include. WK mildew Query f Not used Not used Queried queried but no stamp