Substantive into an adjective by the same termination as a Silken gown a Clothen Coat a Leatheren Shoe an elmen Board &c. the pronoun Possessive too is formd in the same way as hisn hern Ourn theirn—the old terms also, thic & thoc almost Constantly exclude the expression This & That—There is also here a Peculiar mode of forming active verbs from Nouns, which are generally in use as apellations for professions—take an Example Well Mary, how do you get on in Life? what do you & your family do now to get a Living in these times—Wy zur we do aal vind zummut to do—Jan, ye know, he do Smithey (work as a smith) Jin the beggist wench do spinney the Little one do Lace makey—I do Chorey (go out as a Chore Woman) and the two Boys do Bird keepey—that is One works as a smith—one spins one makes Lace one goes out as a Chore woman & two are Birdkeepers which Latter term were more to the purpose if expressd Bird frightener or driver
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[APPENDIX III]
Monthly Magazine Word-list.
In the Monthly Magazine, Sept. 1814, vol. xxxviii. p. 114, a short and very badly arranged list of South Wilts Words and Phrases occurs. We have thought it best to reproduce it here, verbatim et literatim, from the Magazine itself, kindly lent us by Mr. Cunnington, as the account given of it in the Preface to Professor Skeat's reprint of Akerman is in some respects slightly inaccurate. Thus, he omits all mention of Hogo and some other words or phrases, while Tatees is misquoted as taters and Theseum as Thescum. The remarks made on the latter word will therefore require some modification.
Prefatory Note.
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. Sir, In conformity to your invitation, I send you some specimens of the provincial dialect of South Wiltshire.
Mark. July 23, 1813.