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INTRODUCTION. XI • ^ in tea retains the old sound tay, and sea becomes say.' Ea in proper names is ay : Pendrea, Pendray 3 Tredrea, Tredray Ei diphthong, pron. ee, as skein, skeen; seine, seen; except 111 receive, where it becomes a, * /, pion. 6, as river, rever ; shiver, shever. /, pron. ee^ as kite (the bird), keet ; child, cheold ; &c. I6 diphthong, pron. a : believe, b'lave ; relieve, relavc. 0, as a ; grow, graw } know, knaw ; &c. 0, as u ; column, culumn ; pollock, pullock. O, as where it is u in other counties, as front, not fruut ; among, not amung. O in won't as a long^ wan't. In proper names the o in the preiix Pol is always long, as Poliair, Poletair ; Polsue, Polesue. OOf preceded by h, is 00 long: h5od, not huod; hook, nut huok. U is pronounced as 2« in pull : dull, duol ; puzzle, puozzle. G sometimes ^, as angel, anyel ; stranger, stranyer. In words of more than one syllable ending in ing the g is omitted, $s going, goin ; singing, singin. P as 6 in peat, beat. Words ending in »p retain the old form ps, as clasp, claps ; hasp, haps ; crisp, crips. Y in yellow is often changed into j, jallow. Old people generally add y to the infinitive, as dig, diggy ; back, hacky ; paint, painty ; walk, walky ; and put an a before the imper- fect part., as " goin* a diggin*." Be commonly tE^^es the place of are, and be not U corrupted into Vaird; and when preceded by the verb the pronoun you' ia'almOst invariably changed into V, as '* Whur be 'ee jailin, iflLy sou ? Goin' to Mittiii, are 'ee? " Where are you walking so fast, niy soh? (my son is applied to all males, and even occasion:al)y to females. ) Going to Meeting, are you? (A Mittiu or a Mittin-rhouse; is a Noncoji-' formist, generally a Wesleyan, Chapel ) "You b'ainta goin' to do et, sure-ly i" "Ess-fye ! I be." (Yes, I am.)* "HaV 'ee most uatched up your chursi " (Have you most finished your housework ?) " IJid