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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"


_Jan Lide._--Aw, I'm glad o't, I'll him auver an zee where I
can't help 'em; bit I han't a bin athin tha drashel o' Maester
Boord's door vor a longful time, bin I thawt that missis did'n use
Hester well; but I dwon't bear malice, an zaw I'll goo.
_Farmer Bennet._--What did Missis Boord zAc or do ta Hester,
than?
_Jan Lide._--Why, Hester, a mAc-be, war zummet ta blame too:
vor she war one o'm, d'ye zee, that rawd Skimmerton--thic mAc game
that frunted zum o' tha gennel-vawk. ThAc zed 'twar time to a done
wi'jitch litter, or jitch stuff, or I dwon knaw what thAc call'd
it; bit thAc war a frunted wi' Hester about it: an I zed nif thAc
war a frunted wi' Hester, thAc mid be frunted wi' I. This zet
missis's back up, an Hester han't a bin a choorin there zunz. Bit
'tis niver-the-near ta bear malice; and zaw I'll goo auver an zee
which wAc tha wine da blaw.


THOMAS CAME AN YOUNG MAESTER JIMMY.

_Thomas Came._--Aw, Maester Jimmy! zaw you be a come whim
vrom school. I thawt we shood niver zeenamoor.


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