Vocabulary of Sussex Dialect in 1905
1. |
|
mother |
|
mother |
2. |
|
father |
|
feeather |
3. |
|
sister |
|
zister |
4. |
|
brother |
|
brudder |
5. |
|
daughter |
|
dahter |
6. |
|
son |
|
son |
1. |
|
water |
|
watter |
2. |
|
fire |
|
vire |
3. |
|
sun |
|
sunn |
4. |
|
moon |
|
moon |
5. |
|
wind |
|
wind |
6. |
|
rain |
|
rine |
1. |
|
one |
|
one |
2. |
|
two |
|
two |
3. |
|
three |
|
dree |
4. |
|
four |
|
fower |
5. |
|
five |
|
foive |
6. |
|
six |
|
zix |
1. |
|
cat |
|
cæt |
2. |
|
dog |
|
dawg |
3. |
|
horse |
|
’oss |
4. |
|
cow |
|
cayoo |
5. |
|
fish |
|
fish |
6. |
|
bird |
|
|
7. |
|
tree |
|
tree |
8. |
|
flower |
|
|
1. |
|
white |
|
woit |
2. |
|
black |
|
black |
3. |
|
red |
|
red |
4. |
|
green |
|
green |
5. |
|
yellow |
|
yalla |
6. |
|
blue |
|
blue |
7. |
|
grey |
|
|
8. |
|
brown |
|
brayun |
Sussex dialect was spoken in
Chichester
Lewes
Crawley
Horsham
Midhurst
Eastbourne
Arundel
Brighton
Shoreham-by-Sea
Hove
Hastings
Lancing
Pevensey
Worthing
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