Strenth strength
lenth length
brenth breadth
ort ought
nan what
wisht wish
wunst once
ouch oh
cheer chair
spook ghost
furnentz opposite
wanity vanity
in wain in vain
ornary ordinary
for by to spare
we bit small piece
disremember do not remember
IRISH.
66 1
Door dore
66 1
floor flore
5 4
ond and
5 55
loss looz
66 1
koorse korse
66 1
soorse sorse
4 66
till too
4 7
put put
4 7
fut fut
4 66 4 54
a-koont' ak-kount'
4 4 7 4
pul'pit pul'pit
1 4 3
pare'sun par'sn
IMPROPER. CORRECT.
MD. VA. KY. MISS. &c.
2 1
THar THare
2 1
whar hware
2 1
bar [bear] bare
2 4
war wer
37 1
mout mite [might]
1 1 4
gwine go'ing
4 4 4
shet or shut rid
1 5 1 1 4 4
tote or fotch kar're, fetsh, or bring
1 4
hop'd helpt
4 66 2 4 4
ca-hoot' part'nur-ship
3 66 5
mar'bl moov off
NOTE, _Clever_, _pretty_, _ugly_, _curious_, _expect_, _guess_, and
_reckon_, though correct English words, have, among the common
people of New England and New York, a provincial application and
meaning.
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