thu - From Ulster to America
Source: From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English
Author: Michael Montgomery
Comments: From Ulster to America recounts the lasting impact eighteenth-century settlers from Ulster have made on the development of the English language of the United States. The book documents over 500 vocabulary items contributed to American English by these ‘Scotch-Irish’ settlers. Each ‘shared’ term with its meaning is authenticated by quotations from both sides of the Atlantic. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from the dictionary part of the second edition published by the Ullans Press in 2017.
thu, th’ough prep Through.
Ulst.:
1997 Robinson Grammar 61 Particularly around Belfast, the letter ‘r’ is dropped after ‘th’ in words like ‘throw’, ‘through’, ‘throttle’ and ‘three’.
U.S.:
1905 Carr Words NW Ark I can’t get th’ough.
1908 Payne Word-list East Alabama 300 She had a hard time, but she come thu at last.
