thon - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
thon ~ demonstrative pron. the thing, etc. referred to (Thon wuznae worth the money. Thon wuz a sicht! Him ectin lake thon afore folk); a past occasion/time (A niver sa him frae thon tae this); yon (as a code-word, often humorous: Ye’ll hae a wee drap o thon. Oany chance o thon?). adj. yon (thon yin ower there; thon eedyit). thon place hell. thontim that (past) occasion or period (thontim Rab fell in the wal; at thontim ye had naethin else in yer heid). thonway in that particular manner or condition. [conflation of that and yon (CSD) (yon is f. OE geon)]
