Midland

midland Midlands English Etymology From en enm mydlonde, equivalent to en mid- land. Pronunciation en /ˈmɪdlənd/ proper noun Proper noun The loosely-defined region of the United States that is between the North and the South, where Midland American English is spoken. en 2006 Thomas Edward Murray; Beth Lee Simon Language Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New Look 9027248966 en 2011 William Labov Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3 144435146X Throughout the Midland and the South, the nucleus of /aw/ is well front of center, [...] en chiefly attributive The English Midlands. en 1912 Walter William Skeat English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day [...] the difficult Southern English found in the Kentish Ayenbite of Inwyt, or even from the Midland of Chaucer's poems. en 1961 Pronunciation of English in the United States 110 and 175 The striking positional variants [...] of Virginia are probably an American innovation, since this feature is not found in Standard British English or the folk speech of the Midland and the south of England, though northern England and Scotland have it to some extent.It is worth noting that only two instances of the pronunciation /jɛst/, riming with guest, have been recorded in the New England settlement area (one near Boston, the other near Buffalo), a pronunciation widely used in the English Midland along with /jɪst/, riming with fist. These are the normal derivatives of OE gist, gest... en suburb city/Perth in the city:Pref/Swan s/Western Australia. en settlement p/Newfoundland and Labrador c/Canada. en town co/Simcoe County p/Ontario c/Canada. en number of places c/USA: en town co/Sebastian County s/Arkansas. en ghost town co/Riverside County s/California. en unincorporated community co/Muscogee County s/Georgia. en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Wright co/Greene County s/Indiana c/USA. en unincorporated community co/Muhlenberg County s/Kentucky. en unincorporated community par/Acadia Parish s/Louisiana. en town co/Allegany County s/Maryland. en city/county seat co/Midland County s/Michigan. en unincorporated community co/Crawford County s/Missouri. en town co/Cabarrus County s/North Carolina. en village co/Clinton County s/Ohio. en bor in co/Beaver County s/Pennsylvania. en rural small town co/Haakon County s/South Dakota. en unincorporated community co/Rutherford County s/Tennessee. en city/county seat co/Midland County s/Texas. en unincorporated community/and/CDP co/Fauquier County s/Virginia. en census-designated place co/Pierce County s/Washington. en rail historical A former railway company in England, the Midland Railway. 1891, Report ... Together with the Proceedings of the [Great British Parliament's Joint Select] Committee [on Railway Rates and Charges], Minutes, Mr. Bidder, in Mr. George Henry Turner is re-called, line 1643, line 15551: "... the case of the Midland and the case of the Great Eastern" (his Lordship had been referring to the reasons for special scales). "The case of the Midland we found to be very peculiar, because, unlike most of the other railway companies,..." en MR Derived terms en Midlander Midland County Midland Park Adjective From or pertaining to the English Midlands. en In the more Midland counties, there are thirteen ; in Staffordshire (Wolverhampton), one; in Warwick (Birmingham), seven; in Nottingham, three; in Leicester, one; and Northampton, one. Report of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded 88 1908 en The obvious inference was that Midland culture found its centre in Lichfield, and that the only claim to distinction which the larger town could make was based on commercial grounds. 235 The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record The Old Book Trade in Birmingham 1923 en His only visit to London had been that on which been touched by Queen Anne for the King's Evil and throughout his life he preserved a Midland accent in his speech. Eighteenth Century Gentlemen 73 1930 Victoria Roberts 0521061008 en This stimulated sales and suited the needs of small manufacturers in the Midland city, who could not afford to trade on credit. 2004 Bristol and the Atlantic Trade in the Eighteenth Century Kenneth Morgan 109 0521893674 Relating to the dialect of American English spoken in the Midwest known as Midland American English. en proper adjectives