Vocabulary of Somerset Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           mawther
2.    father           vaither
3.    sister           zusster
4.    brother           brither
5.    daughter           dahter
6.    son           zin


1.    water           wawder
2.    fire           vire
3.    sun           zin
4.    moon           meun
5.    wind           win
6.    rain           rine


1.    one           wan
2.    two           two
3.    three           dree
4.    four           vower
5.    five           vive
6.    six           zix


1.    cat           cæt
2.    dog           dawg
3.    horse           hoss
4.    cow           cow
5.    fish           veesh
6.    bird          
7.    tree           tree
8.    flower           flower


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


Somerset dialect was spoken in

Taunton
Bristol [formerley in Gloucestershire & Somerset]
Minehead
Bath
Wells
Frome
Watchet
Cheddar
Yeovil
Weston-super-Mare
Porlock
Bridgwater
Glastonbury
Wellington


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