英语词汇“welsh not”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Welsh Not n. (also Welsh knot, Welsh note) now historical a token fastened around a child's neck as a punishment for speaking Welsh (cf. earlier Welsh lump n. (b)). [The precise origin of the construction is unclear, but it is likely to be a shortening of a full sentence such as ‘Welsh must not be spoken’ (compare quot. 1844). In form Welsh knot by association with the homophonous knot n.¹; in form Welsh note by association with note n.² I.]

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1844 Rep. Commissioners Inq. S. Wales 102 in Parl. Papers XVI. 7 The schoolmaster in my parish.., amongst the common Welsh people has a little toy on a little bit of wood, and on the wood is written, ‘Welsh not’; that is to say, they must not speak Welsh; it is a mark... The rule of the school is..that..if anybody speaks a word of Welsh he is to have the Welsh mark, which he is to carry about his neck.]

1867 J. L. Thomas Cambria upon Two Sticks 8 Pupils, who once they'd slight the stern command, Had each to take and wear with his own hand The Welsh-knot log.

1883 D. Davies Echoes from Welsh Hills 17 The ‘Welsh note’ was called in at stated times, and the unfortunate one who was the bearer of it was submitted to the discipline of the cane.

1904 School May 218/1 The injustice was accentuated by the introduction of the ‘Welsh not’—a piece of stick bearing the letters ‘W.N.’, forbidding the use of Welsh.

1967 Times 2 June 4/3 A language spoken by most Welsh people until the last century, when the effects of industrialization and the Welsh Not took their toll.

2007 G. Cohen in D. F. Bryceson et al. Identity & Networks v. 98 Even as late as 1910 Llywelyn remembered having the ‘Welsh Not’ hung around his neck for unthinkingly reverting to his mother tongue while on the playground.

单词	welsh not
释义	> as lemmas Welsh Not Welsh Not n. (also Welsh knot, Welsh note) now historical a token fastened around a child's neck as a punishment for speaking Welsh (cf. earlier Welsh lump n. (b)). [The precise origin of the construction is unclear, but it is likely to be a shortening of a full sentence such as ‘Welsh must not be spoken’ (compare quot. 1844). In form Welsh knot by association with the homophonous knot n.¹; in form Welsh note by association with note n.² I.] ΚΠ 1844 Rep. Commissioners Inq. S. Wales 102 in Parl. Papers XVI. 7 The schoolmaster in my parish.., amongst the common Welsh people has a little toy on a little bit of wood, and on the wood is written, ‘Welsh not’; that is to say, they must not speak Welsh; it is a mark... The rule of the school is..that..if anybody speaks a word of Welsh he is to have the Welsh mark, which he is to carry about his neck.] 1867 J. L. Thomas Cambria upon Two Sticks 8 Pupils, who once they'd slight the stern command, Had each to take and wear with his own hand The Welsh-knot log. 1883 D. Davies Echoes from Welsh Hills 17 The ‘Welsh note’ was called in at stated times, and the unfortunate one who was the bearer of it was submitted to the discipline of the cane. 1904 School May 218/1 The injustice was accentuated by the introduction of the ‘Welsh not’—a piece of stick bearing the letters ‘W.N.’, forbidding the use of Welsh. 1967 Times 2 June 4/3 A language spoken by most Welsh people until the last century, when the effects of industrialization and the Welsh Not took their toll. 2007 G. Cohen in D. F. Bryceson et al. Identity & Networks v. 98 Even as late as 1910 Llywelyn remembered having the ‘Welsh Not’ hung around his neck for unthinkingly reverting to his mother tongue while on the playground. extracted from Welshadj.n. < as lemmas
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