Vocabulary of Durham Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           mutheR
2.    father           feeatheR
3.    sister          
4.    brother           brutheR
5.    daughter           dowteR
6.    son           sun


1.    water           watteR
2.    fire           fay-eR
3.    sun           sun
4.    moon           meeun
5.    wind           wind
6.    rain          


1.    one           yen
2.    two           twee
3.    three           thRee
4.    four           foweR
5.    five          
6.    six           six


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


1.    white           hwate
2.    black           black
3.    red           Reed
4.    green           gReen
5.    yellow          
6.    blue           blue
7.    grey           gRay
8.    brown           bRoon


Durham dialect was spoken in

Sunderland
Durham
West Hartlepool
Stockton


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