[LRflex] Re: Feeling "Chuffed"

Thanks David,
I knew you would never let down a Leicafriend in need (he winks).
I have heaps of dictionaries but my pronouncing dictonaries (Daniel 
Jones's 12th, 17th, and the  last editions on CD-rom only give "chuff" 
and chuffs", hence my question.
I had hoped it would be chuffed as in religious blessed - sounded more 
like it in terms of dialect, and if not gothic or mediaval, at least 
Shakespearian, but I'll take it as the Romans would.

It is for me such a pleasure for me to be on this list of learned (as in 
David this time -wink) people..
Thanks a lot.

Philippe


David Young wrote:

>At 29/03/2007, you wrote:
>  
>
>>Dear M. David Chuffed Young,
>>
>>Alice and I share your elation and are pleased of such an opportunity to
>>congratulate you on this highly deserved success :-) .
>>In short, well done David!
>>
>>BTW: As a non-native speaker of English, I'm curious to know if this
>>dialectal "chuffed" is pronounced as a rhyme for "David" or for "craft"
>>. Unfortunately none of my pronouncing dictionaries provided me with a
>>clue...
>>
>>Thanks in anticipation.
>>Phil...x
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>>
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>Hi Philippe!
>
>Thanks to you, and Alice, for your congratulations.
>
>Chuffed, is pronounced with the "Ch" as in "Chew", and the "uffed", 
>pronounced as in "Fluffed", or "Puffed".
>
>It's a word from the olde English, and is only found in rather large 
>dictionaries.  I have 3 dictionaries, and the smallest does not list 
>the word.  The middle sized one, in two volumes, lists the "main" 
>meaning.... "a coarse, churlish fellow".  Only my large, unabridged. 
>2055 page, 8 kilo, dictionary lists the British Dialect meaning... 
>(Proud, Elated, Swollen with pride) which was, until I looked, the 
>only one I knew!
>
>Your chuffed friend (in both senses of the word),
>
>David.
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