The Word-list.
Thic, this.
Thac, that.—"Thacs the way I do do."
Theseum, these.—"What are theseum here?"
Dooke, do you.—"Hold thy brother, dooke." Or, "dooke be quiet." [Brother is evidently a misprint for bother.]
Volk, folk.—"Vaut vine volks." What fine folks.
Wuld, world.—"The honestest volk in the wuld."
Heft, weight.—"What heft be 'um?"
Hiss, Yes.—"Hiss sure, mum." Yes sure, madam.
Housen, house.—"Yan housen." Yonder house.
A always pronounced R. [=broad]
"Send it once this morning, dooke." Send it this morning.
"I do know what they be." [=I don't know]
"Harnt thee got nareon." Have not you got one.
"Nice day izzent it?"—"Yes it is sure."
Thee and thou for you.
Crockerty, china.—"I've torn my crockerty."
Terrible, very.—"Lard! they be terrible dear."
Torn, broke.
Hogo, smell.
"What a book of clothes." What a large wash.
Barm, yeast.
Caddling, teazing, chattering.
"Mud the child up, dooke." Bring up the child by hand.
"Lard, the child's got the white mouth." The child's got the thrush.
Shrammed, perished.—"I was half shrammed on the downs[2]."
Tatees, potatoes. "I do want a gallon of tatees."
Figged Pudding, plum pudding.
Handy, near.—Handy ten o'clock.
Monthly Magazine, Sept. 1814.
THE END.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] William Little was a shepherd in North Wilts, and was an old man when Akerman was a boy.
[2] [Here a foot-note is given in the Magazine, but has been obliterated in the only copy to which we have access.]
Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographical errors were repaired.
[P. xv]: "D when preceded by a liquid"—original read "followed" in place of "preceded."
Appendix II: unusual spellings and capitalizations preserved as in original.
[P. 228]: "dain may be in his Cloths still"—"Cloths still" originally appeared below "Desperd" entry and "Page 3" heading.