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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1684
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T, the name of the letter. — 1684 Symson Descr. Galloway 97.
Some of the countrey people, especialy those of the elder sort, do very often omit the letter h after t, as ting for thing, … wit for with [etc.]
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