Vocabulary of Northamptonshire Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           mothther
2.    father           father
3.    sister          
4.    brother           bruther
5.    daughter           dahter
6.    son           sun


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


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


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


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


Northamptonshire dialect was spoken in

Northampton
Daventry
Corby
Kettering
Wellingborough


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