Vocabulary of Shropshire Dialect in 1905

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


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


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


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


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


Shropshire dialect was spoken in

Oswestry
Shrewsbury
Ludlow


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