acause - From Ulster to America
Source: From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English
Author: Michael Montgomery
Comments: From Ulster to America recounts the lasting impact eighteenth-century settlers from Ulster have made on the development of the English language of the United States. The book documents over 500 vocabulary items contributed to American English by these ‘Scotch-Irish’ settlers. Each ‘shared’ term with its meaning is authenticated by quotations from both sides of the Atlantic. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from the dictionary part of the second edition published by the Ullans Press in 2017.
acause conj Because. [oed acause < a- + (be)cause]
Ulst.:
1886 Lyttle Ballycuddy 35 A guid wheen fowk in Ballycuddy thinks me waur than an infidel acause A want them till get a harmoneyum fur oor meetin’-hoose.
1928 Ervine Mountain 54 ‘Ye shud do a thing’, he would say, ‘acause ye like doin’ it, not acause ye’re paid t’ do it!’
2003 Dodds Newry Nyuck It happened acause a his mistake.
U.S.:
1922 Rollins Cowboy 191 I’ve warmed up this bit, acause I’m riding the finest little cow horse this State has ever seen.
1997 Andrews Mt Vittles 82 Some folks called the little varmints [i.e. ground hogs] whistle pigs a’cause of the noise they make.
