Mummersetn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌməsᵻt/,

/ˈmʌməsɛt/, U.S.

/ˈməmərˌsɛt/

Forms: 1900s– Mummerset, 1900s– Mummerzett. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: mummer n., proper name Somerset.

Etymology: Humorous blend of mummer n. and the name of Somerset (see Somersetian adj.).

1. An imaginary rustic county in the west of England.

ΚΠ

1915 Evening Standard 15 Sept. 12/2 There are eight scenes, with an interval after the first four, the first explaining ‘where the plot begins—and ends’, and followed by ‘a village in Mummerset’.

1961 Punch 15 Mar. 411/2 Stage yokels from Mummerset.

1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Feb. 220/2 Ordinary people in British war films became more than lovable Cockneys, Mummerset rustics, or Bunny Doyle Northerners full of blunt common sense.

1989 Illustr. London News Spring 54/3 [A village] so prettified..that, but for the backcloth of soaring hills or looming crags..it could be in Mummerset.

2. A pseudo-rustic dialect used by actors, modelled on dialects from the west of England.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > [noun] > artificial or invented language

artificial language1705

natural language1774

Ziph1834

Volapük1885

Esperanto1892

pig Latin1896

pseudo-language1898

Idiom Neutral1903

auxiliary language1905

Panroman1907

universal1907

Ido1908

Mummerset1915

Interlingua1922

Reformed Neutral1922

occidental1926

interlanguage1927

world auxiliary1927

Novial1928

isotype1936

Interglossa1943

Klingon1985

leetspeak1996

leet2001

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > districts of England > imaginary county

Mummerset1915

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > English English

north country1698

west country1711

Yorkshire1717

Kenticism1735

English English1783

cockney1812

Cockneyese1823

East Angliana1825

Somersetian1825

Northumbrian1845

Norfolk1863

Kentish1866

Doric1870

Kensingtonian1911

Mummerset1915

Geordie1928

Hoxtoniana1935

scouse1963

mockney1967

Kensington1968

Liverpudlian1985

Jafaican2006

MLE2006

Multicultural London English2006

1915 Globe 11 Oct. 2/5 Better even that irritating stage convention known as ‘Mummerset’ than the atrocious affectation of the ‘Ee’ dialect.

1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge ii. ii. 219 ‘Az tew Papular Antertainment,’ he drawled in his best Mummerset.

1957 N. Marsh Off with his Head iii. 56 No, honestly, this is just too mummerset.

1965 Listener 25 Oct. 640/3 The characters did speak real dialect, and not Mummerset.

1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 229/1 The joke, spun out in best stage mummerset to one of our West Country contributors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mummerset
释义	Mummersetn. Brit. /ˈmʌməsᵻt/, /ˈmʌməsɛt/, U.S. /ˈməmərˌsɛt/ Forms: 1900s– Mummerset, 1900s– Mummerzett. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: mummer n., proper name Somerset. Etymology: Humorous blend of mummer n. and the name of Somerset (see Somersetian adj.). 1. An imaginary rustic county in the west of England. ΚΠ 1915 Evening Standard 15 Sept. 12/2 There are eight scenes, with an interval after the first four, the first explaining ‘where the plot begins—and ends’, and followed by ‘a village in Mummerset’. 1961 Punch 15 Mar. 411/2 Stage yokels from Mummerset. 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Feb. 220/2 Ordinary people in British war films became more than lovable Cockneys, Mummerset rustics, or Bunny Doyle Northerners full of blunt common sense. 1989 Illustr. London News Spring 54/3 [A village] so prettified..that, but for the backcloth of soaring hills or looming crags..it could be in Mummerset. 2. A pseudo-rustic dialect used by actors, modelled on dialects from the west of England. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > artificial or invented language artificial language1705 natural language1774 Ziph1834 Volapük1885 Esperanto1892 pig Latin1896 pseudo-language1898 Idiom Neutral1903 auxiliary language1905 Panroman1907 universal1907 Ido1908 Mummerset1915 Interlingua1922 Reformed Neutral1922 occidental1926 interlanguage1927 world auxiliary1927 Novial1928 isotype1936 Interglossa1943 Klingon1985 leetspeak1996 leet2001 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > districts of England > imaginary county Mummerset1915 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > English English north country1698 west country1711 Yorkshire1717 Kenticism1735 English English1783 cockney1812 Cockneyese1823 East Angliana1825 Somersetian1825 Northumbrian1845 Norfolk1863 Kentish1866 Doric1870 Kensingtonian1911 Mummerset1915 Geordie1928 Hoxtoniana1935 scouse1963 mockney1967 Kensington1968 Liverpudlian1985 Jafaican2006 MLE2006 Multicultural London English2006 1915 Globe 11 Oct. 2/5 Better even that irritating stage convention known as ‘Mummerset’ than the atrocious affectation of the ‘Ee’ dialect. 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge ii. ii. 219 ‘Az tew Papular Antertainment,’ he drawled in his best Mummerset. 1957 N. Marsh Off with his Head iii. 56 No, honestly, this is just too mummerset. 1965 Listener 25 Oct. 640/3 The characters did speak real dialect, and not Mummerset. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 229/1 The joke, spun out in best stage mummerset to one of our West Country contributors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1915
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