10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLETHERSKATE»
Discover the use of
bletherskate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bletherskate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How to Talk Like a Local: From Cockney to Geordie, a ...
bletherskate. a talker of blatant nonsense (Scotland) If blethered can mean tired,
the verb blether (and blather) has another common meaning in dialect: to talk
nonsense (and a lot of it at that). A blethering, blathering or blithering idiot is one
...
2
Frae Ither Tongues: Essays on Modern Translations Into Scots
But what a hasty bletherskate he is to come blabban his tale to me, of all men! (
Kemp, 1983: 12-13) [bletherskate = person who talks foolishly; blabban =
blabbing] Molière's deflation of Arnolphe derives from the subtle comic descent
from the ...
3
Desultory notes on Jamieson's Scottish dictionary
10 Blad — Bletherskate said to children who have lost their temper, and are in
the hands of " the Deil." The definition given by Jamieson, " perdition," is far too
strong. BLAD, i. 209. In addition to meanings given, means " to waste." BLAES, i.
James B. Montogomerie- Fleming, 1899
4
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A to Byz
Cf., Bletherskate. b. 1759, d 1796. Burns, Holy Fair, And some are busy nlethrin'
Right loud that day. 1816. Scott, Old Mortality, ch. xiv. ' I hae been clean spoilt,
just wi' listening tO tWU BlETHERING .tlll'l wives.' 1883. Hawley Smart, Hard
Lines, ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1890
5
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Bletherskate (or Blatherskite), subs, (provincialand American).— I. Boastful
swagger: in talk or action.Also (2) a boaster; a noisy talker ofblatant nonsense.
Itoccursin 'Maggie Lauder', a wellknown Scotch song, a fact which Murray says
led to its ...
6
From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of ...
[variant of bletherskate < blether + skate ' a mean or contemptible person'; cf OED
bletherskate a 'a noisy, talkative fellow, talket of blatant nonsense' 1650->; b '
foolish talk, nonsense' 1825->, dialect and U.S. colloquial; cf SND bladderskate n
...
The word is a shortened form of the Scottish word 'bletherskate' for a person who
talks too much. 'Blether', with its variants 'blither' and 'blather' comes from an Old
Norse word meaning 'to talk nonsense'. 'Skate' developed from a Scottish ...
8
A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from ...
A curse : ironical. Blether Blather. Nonsense, vapid talk, voluble chatter (1787).
Hence Blethering, volubly, foolishly talkative: cf. Bletherskate. Bletherskate,
Blatherskite. 1. Boastful swagger: in talk or action. 2. A boaster, noisy talker : in
Ireland, ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1905
9
Critical Companion to Mark Twain: A Literary Reference to ...
With roots in 17th-century bletherskate, the word gained popularity in America
during the Revolution, thanks to the song Maggie Lauder (“Jog on your gait, ye
bletherskate.”) Around the 1890s, Clemens used the word frequently, usually for
...
10
The Dialect of West Somerset: A Paper Read Before the ...
Cf. Bletherskate, blatherskite.— Murray, N. E. Diet. BLADDERMENT [bladurmunt],
sb. Noisy talk; blustering. [Twuz noa'urt bud a bladurmunt,'] it was nothing but a
windy harangue. BLADDER MOUTH [bladur maewdh]. Epithet applied to a ...
Frederick Thomas Elworthy, 1875
