Lakeland Words / A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as Used in Cumberland and Westmorland, with Illustrative Sentences in the North Westmorland Dialect

by Bryham Kirkby

Come choose the east, come choose the west,

Come choose the one that you love best.

Lucky Sally sez Ah.

SPOUT, SCOUT—A waterfall.

TRANMER—Field name.

WHACK—Share, proportion. Ah’ve diun my whack an’ thoo mun deea thine.

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SCORING NUMERALS.

CUMBERLAND—From the Rev. Canon Thornley and the Rev. J. Sharp-Ostle in Penrith Observer, November 30th, 1897, who give interesting references.

• 1—Yan.
• 2—Tyan.
• 3—Tethera.
• 4—Methera.
• 5—Pimp.
• 6—Sethera.
• 7—Lethera.
• 8—Hovera.
• 9—Dovera.
• 10—Dick.
• 11—Yan-a-dick.
• 12—Tyan-a-dick.
• 13—Tethera-a-dick.
• 14—Methera-a-dick.
• 15—Bumfit.
• 16—Yan-a-bumfit.
• 17—Tyan-a-bumfit.
• 18—Tether-a-bumfit.
• 19—Mether-a-bumfit.
• 20—Giggot.