Talk:zive

RFV discussion: June 2017
Various books say this is a West Somerset and northwest Devon form, an Exmoor form, a Dorset form, a Deverill form, or a "West of England" form (and some say it's also used on the Isle of Wight), but the only use of it I find is: However, there may be other citations I haven't found. There are usexes like "Art-n thee a purty zahty-poll now, vor to bring the zive 'thout other whetstone?" and "Thick old zive (scythe) mus' do vor a stap-shord, I s'pose, gin I can meet way a better wan." in the West Somerset Wordbook, but they seem to be made-up usexes, which don't meet CFI (unless the book clarifies somewhere that all its usexes are actual quotations of local people). - -sche (discuss) 17:47, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
 * 1872, Agrikler, A Mouse's Zupper, in Poems humorous and philosophical, by Outis, with which are included Rhymes in the West of England Dialect by Agrikler (published in 1875):
 * I knaw'd tud be zo vour or vive months ago / when I handled the rip-hook and zive.

This one is cited. Kiwima (talk) 22:30, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Excellent, thanks! - -sche (discuss) 20:49, 5 June 2017 (UTC)