Vocabulary of Hertfordshire Dialect in 1905

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


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


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


1.    cat           cat
2.    dog          
3.    horse           ’orse
4.    cow           cayoo
5.    fish          
6.    bird           budd
7.    tree          
8.    flower           flower


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


Hertfordshire dialect was spoken in

Hertford
St.Albans
Berkhamsted
Hatfield
Bishop's Stortford
Letchworth
Welwyn Garden City
Harpenden
Stevenage
Elstree
Baldock
Hitchin
Tring


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