Vocabulary of Cumberland Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           mutherr
2.    father           faththerr
3.    sister           sist-therr
4.    brother           brudtherr
5.    daughter           dochterr
6.    son           sun


1.    water           watterr
2.    fire           fyrre
3.    sun           sun
4.    moon           meean
5.    wind           win
6.    rain           rrain


1.    one           yen
2.    two           twaya
3.    three           thrray
4.    four           fowerr
5.    five           five
6.    six           six


1.    cat           cat
2.    dog           dog
3.    horse           horrse
4.    cow           coo
5.    fish           fish
6.    bird          
7.    tree           trree
8.    flower           flooerr


1.    white           hwite
2.    black           black
3.    red           reed
4.    green           grreean
5.    yellow           yalla
6.    blue           bliw
7.    grey           grraya
8.    brown           brroon


Cumberland dialect was spoken in

Carlisle
Workington
Keswick
Penrith


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