Vocabulary of Yorkshire Dialect in 1905

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


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


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


1.    cat           cat
2.    dog           dog
3.    horse           ’o-ass
4.    cow           kah
5.    fish           fish
6.    bird           bird
7.    tree           tree
8.    flower           flar


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


Yorkshire dialect was spoken in

Middlesbrough
Thirsk
Whitby
Scarborough
York
Hull
Leeds
Bradford
Doncaster
Huddersfield
Barnsley
Rotherham
Sheffield


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