Vocabulary of Staffordshire Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           muther
2.    father           faither
3.    sister           sister
4.    brother           bruther
5.    daughter           daughter
6.    son           sun


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


1.    one           won
2.    two           tiw
3.    three           three
4.    four           fo-a
5.    five           foive
6.    six           six


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


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


Staffordshire dialect was spoken in

Newcastle under Lyme
Stafford
Burton on Trent
Lichfield
Tamworth
Wolverhampton
Walsall
Dudley
West Bromwich


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