Vocabulary of Roxburgh Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           motherr
2.    father           fetherr
3.    sister          
4.    brother           brotherr
5.    daughter           dowchterr
6.    son           son


1.    water           watterr
2.    fire           fayerr
3.    sun           sunn
4.    moon           moen
5.    wind           wunnd
6.    rain           rrain


1.    one           yen
2.    two           tweea
3.    three           thray
4.    four           fowerr
5.    five           five
6.    six           sex


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


1.    white           hwate
2.    black          
3.    red           rrid
4.    green           grrin
5.    yellow          
6.    blue           bloew
7.    grey           grray
8.    brown           brrun


Roxburgh dialect was spoken in

Kelso
Jedburgh
Hawick


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