Vocabulary of Westmorland Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           mudther
2.    father           fadther
3.    sister           sist-ther
4.    brother           brudther
5.    daughter           dowt-ther
6.    son           sun


1.    water           watter
2.    fire           fire
3.    sun           sun
4.    moon           meean
5.    wind           wind
6.    rain           rain


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


1.    cat           cat
2.    dog           dog
3.    horse           hoss
4.    cow           coo
5.    fish           fish
6.    bird          
7.    tree           tree
8.    flower           flooer


1.    white           white
2.    black           black
3.    red           reed
4.    green           green
5.    yellow           yalla
6.    blue           bliw
7.    grey           graya
8.    brown           broon


Westmorland dialect was spoken in

Appleby
Ambleside
Windermere
Kendal


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