Vocabulary of London Dialect in 1905

1.		mother		mavva
2.		father		fahva
3.		sister		sista
4.		brother		bravva
5.		daughter		daw’-a
6.		son		san

1.		water		waw’-a
2.		fire		fire
3.		sun		san
4.		moon
5.		wind
6.		rain		rain

1.		one		one
2.		two		two
3.		three		free
4.		four		faw-a
5.		five		five
6.		six		six

1.		cat		ca’
2.		dog		dog
3.		horse		’orse
4.		cow		cah
5.		fish		fish
6.		bird		bird
7.		tree		tree
8.		flower		flah

1.		white		whi’e
2.		black		blæck
3.		red		red
4.		green		green
5.		yellow
6.		blue
7.		grey
8.		brown		brahn

London dialect was spoken in

London


Nowadays a variety of the London dialect, called Estuary English, is spoken in adjacent areas of the counties around London - Essex, Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. In these regions the tradition dialects have been largely overwhelmed by the London-based accent.


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