Vocabulary of Derbyshire Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           muther
2.    father           faither
3.    sister           sister
4.    brother           bruther
5.    daughter           lass
6.    son           lad


1.    water           watter
2.    fire           fire
3.    sun           sun
4.    moon           mown
5.    wind           wine-d
6.    rain           reen


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


1.    cat           cat
2.    dog           dugg
3.    horse           ’orse
4.    cow           cow
5.    fish           feesh
6.    bird           bridd
7.    tree           tray
8.    flower           flower


1.    white           white
2.    black           blike
3.    red           red
4.    green           grane
5.    yellow           yalla
6.    blue           blue
7.    grey           gray
8.    brown           brown


Derbyshire dialect was spoken in

Chesterfield
Bakewell
Buxton
Matlock
Derby


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