Mummerset

English edit

WOTD – 21 June 2023

Etymology edit

Blend of mummer (“actor in a pantomime”) +‎ Somerset (“county in the west of England”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌməsɛt/, /-sɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌmɚˌsɛt/
Hyphenation: Mum‧mer‧set

Proper noun edit

Mummerset (humorous)

An imaginary rural county in the West Country of England.
(often theater) An invented English-language dialect used by actors that mimics a stereotypical West Country rural accent.

Translations edit

imaginary rural county in the West Country of England

Finnish: Mummerset
Galician: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: Му́мерсет (Múmerset)

invented English-language dialect used by actors that mimics a stereotypical West Country rural accent

Finnish: Mummersetin murre
Galician: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: муме́рсетски дијале́кт m (mumérsetski dijalékt)

References edit

^ “Mummerset, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2022.
^ “Mummerset, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Collins English Dictionary, 10th edition, London: Collins, 2010, →ISBN.

Further reading edit

Mummerset on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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