: Lakeland Words A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as Used in Cumberland and Westmorland with Illustrative Sentences in the North Westmorland Dialect by Kirkby Bryham Wright Joseph Author Of Introduction Etc - English language Dialects England Cumbe

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Transcriber's Notes

Obvious typographical errors in the plain English of this text have been silently corrected. In the main the dialect sections they remain as printed including the variation in the use of apostrophe and hyphen. In particular no attempt has been made to resolve how many of the many yan and yah are typos for each other.

The words are only in approximate alphabetical order, this has not been changed.

Italics are represented thus,

The following changes have been made.

AH-WOOA-GE-HEDDER-COME-UP--A nag 'at doesn't understand its orders is apt ta git t' whup. We yance watched a chap plewin, an' he said, "Ah-wooa-ge-hedder-come-up" till he was stalled, then he let flee wi a clot, coad t' nag a fiual, an' telt it ta liuk an see what seck wark it was makkin.

BLODDER--To cry in an effusive way--blodder an' rooar. What's ta blodderin aboot?

BREAS--Beck edge. Where t' fish dark anunder. Whitehead says: Howks grubs an' worms fra under t' breas, To feed t' lal hungry troot.

WIASTRY--Waistfulness. Seck wiastry as yan niver dud see barn; it's fair shocken.

The following have not been corrected due to ambiguity.

BOTTOM--To get to the origin or foundation. Ah'll boddum that drain oot first. Boddum that teeal.

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