Y inserted before a vowel—styake, ryape, for stake, rope,—Borrowdale; especially after g (a point to be noticed), gyarden, gyown, for garden, gown,—Warwickshire, &c.; and at the beginning of a word, as yat, yan, for ate, one (ane),—Westmoreland, Bilsdale.

H inserted—hafter, hoppen, for after, open,—Westmoreland, &c.

H omitted—at, ard, for hat, hard,—Passim.

Transition of Consonants.

B for vWhitehebbon for Whitehaven,—Borrowdale.

P for bpoat for boat.—Welsh pronunciation of many English words. See the speeches of Sir Hugh Evans in Merry Wives of Windsor.

V for fvind for find,—characteristic of Devonshire, Kent.

T for d (final)—deet for deed,—Borrowdale.

T for ch (tsh)—fet for fetch,—Devonshire.