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sometime wife
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Cath. | Report | 22 Dec 2004 10:24 |
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Does anybody know why on Scottish documents (1700s) someone should be "sometime wife", "sometime tailor" etc. Thanks, Cath. |
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Is it a bird? is it a plane? | Report | 22 Dec 2004 11:07 |
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The only thing I can think of is that it means 'in the past' i.e. the person used to be a tailor but is no longer, or the woman/man in question was the spouse of someone who has died or they have divorced or something. |
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TinaTheCheshirePussyCat | Report | 22 Dec 2004 14:57 |
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Hi Catherine "Sometime" means "used to be". As Sarah said, it could be used of a widow of a man who had died, or for that matter, she might be the one who is dead. If it is "sometime tailor" then it means that he used to be a tailor but isn't any more. Often, but not necessarily, it is put when the exact dates are not known, or it is not appropriate to include them. Tina |
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Cath. | Report | 23 Dec 2004 14:49 |
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Thanks Tina & Sarah, that's what I'd thought but I just wanted to make sure . The document in question has so many archaic and Latin words that I was beginning to doubt my "mother tongue". Cath. |
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