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'tis
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Appendix:Variations of "tis"
English
Alternative forms
en tis
Pronunciation
en /tɪz/ RP,GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-'tis.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-'tis.wav Southern England
en ɪz 1
Contraction
en contraction
en literary or archaic also occasionally _ informal en it is.
en it's
en ’Tis a shame!
en ’Tis but a scratch!
III i No, ’tis not ſo deep as a vvell, nor ſo vvide as a church-door [i.e., a wound]; but ’tis enough, ’tvvill ſerve: aſk for me to-morrovv, and you ſhall find me a grave man.
en 1825 Harrison’s Amusing Picture and Poetry Book 5 Why should we say ’tis yet too soon, / To seek for Heaven or think of death
119 It looks well in a picter, I’ve heerd say; but there an’t weather in picters, and maybe ’tis fitter for that, than for a place to live in.
Derived terms
en 'tisn't
See also
en 't
en 'twas, en 'twasn't
en 'twere, en 'tweren't
en 'twill/en 'tshall/en it'll, en 'twon't
en 'twould/en 'twou'd, en 'twouldn't/en 'twou'dn't
Anagrams
en ist SIT Sit its its' IST STI is't ist sit -ist 'its it's Ist TSI ITS S.T.I.
en apheretic forms
Yola
Contraction
yol contraction
yol tis
NOTES TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE
(3) "'Tis aul in shruaanès."
References
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