Talk:awlung

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Is this correct?

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Is "all owing to" the correct expansion? The given citation uses awlung o' , which suggests all owing to of, which wouldn't be grammatical even among people speaking very informally. Equinox 23:18, 17 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Specifically, I think that the given citation means along of, and not "all owing to of". Equinox 00:10, 18 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
@Equinox It is not grammatical at all, whether to is included or not. The citation given is what prompted me to search, and the source is the only one I found. I was not aware of along of, but it does seem much more plausible.
By the way, I think I have another usage, but I cannot seem to decipher it; perhaps a native speaker could?__Gamren (talk) 14:58, 18 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
    • 1862, Tim Bobbin, John Corry, The Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq: In Prose and Verse, page 46
      Neaw een be meh troath! I thowt ye savort'n feearfoo strung on a Yarb : Boh when aw's done Tummus, this Killing oth' Kawve, on Eawl-catching, wur non awlung o Nip.
I can't understand most of it, but it's "along of" again: it's saying that a killing was not done by, or not the fault of, "Nip". Equinox 20:17, 5 July 2016 (UTC)Reply