In such words as afterclaps and afternoon it is not sounded at all.


L is not sounded in such words as amwoast, almost, and a'mighty, almighty.


N final is occasionally dropped, as lime-kill, lime-kiln.


P, F, V, and B are frequently interchanged, brevet and privet being forms of the same word, while to bag peas becomes fag or vag when applied to wheat.


R is slurred over in many cases, as e'ath, earth, foc'd, forced, ma'sh, marsh, vwo'th, forth.