Vocabulary of Berkshire Dialect in 1905

1.    mother          
2.    father          
3.    sister          
4.    brother          
5.    daughter           dahter
6.    son          


1.    water          
2.    fire          
3.    sun          
4.    moon          
5.    wind          
6.    rain          


1.    one           one
2.    two           two
3.    three          
4.    four           vower
5.    five          
6.    six           six


1.    cat           cæt
2.    dog          
3.    horse          
4.    cow           cow
5.    fish          
6.    bird          
7.    tree          
8.    flower          


1.    white           woi’
2.    black          
3.    red           red
4.    green          
5.    yellow           yalla
6.    blue          
7.    grey          
8.    brown          


Berkshire dialect was spoken in

Windsor
Reading
Aldermaston
Wantage
Hungerford
Ascot
Wokingham
Maidenhead
Bracknell
Abingdon
Newbury
Sandhurst


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