Vocabulary of Dorset Dialect in 1905
1. |
|
mother |
|
mother |
2. |
|
father |
|
vathther |
3. |
|
sister |
|
zester |
4. |
|
brother |
|
|
5. |
|
daughter |
|
dahter |
6. |
|
son |
|
zunn |
1. |
|
water |
|
wahter |
2. |
|
fire |
|
vire |
3. |
|
sun |
|
zunn |
4. |
|
moon |
|
mooan |
5. |
|
wind |
|
weund |
6. |
|
rain |
|
rine |
1. |
|
one |
|
one |
2. |
|
two |
|
two |
3. |
|
three |
|
dree |
4. |
|
four |
|
vower |
5. |
|
five |
|
vive |
6. |
|
six |
|
zix |
1. |
|
cat |
|
cat |
2. |
|
dog |
|
dahg |
3. |
|
horse |
|
’arse |
4. |
|
cow |
|
cow |
5. |
|
fish |
|
|
6. |
|
bird |
|
|
7. |
|
tree |
|
try |
8. |
|
flower |
|
vlower |
1. |
|
white |
|
white |
2. |
|
black |
|
blæck |
3. |
|
red |
|
rid |
4. |
|
green |
|
grane |
5. |
|
yellow |
|
|
6. |
|
blue |
|
|
7. |
|
grey |
|
gree |
8. |
|
brown |
|
brown |
Dorset dialect was spoken in
Dorchester
Swanage
Bridport
Weymouth
Lyme Regis
Poole
Shaftesbury
Sherborne
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