LIST OF PRONUNCIATIONS OMITTED FROM THE GLOSSARY, Aar, a combination which may be taken to represent the word our (see Aa, aboye). It must, howeyer, he ohserved that the true dialect word is Yar, or Yarh; which latter form was suggested by a yenerable Mend, to whom I am much indebted both for words and illustrations. See TJs, Wur, Yur. Aat, one form of the word out See Aa. And where the yowels ou come together with that sound, as in ahoiit, shout ^ &c., they take the aa sound : the first a as in /other, the second the a in fai. The words ah ! at, said sharply, produce the sound. See Yat. It has been stated to me that the first a is rather the a in game. I hardly think so, but I leaye it an open question. In different publications I find the forms aht and aaot, but I prefer the form aboye giyen. Abaat, the pronunciation of about, Acoaant, the pronunciation of the word account* Acorns, yariously pronounced — Accoms, Accrons, and Ackerina, See Letter I, 3 (2). Admire, pronounced adinaur. Afthemooin, i, e. afternoon. See BTooin. Agean, the pronunciation of again. Allblaster, a word sometimes used for alabaster. In Westmoreland, hallpUuter, Another. This word I haye heard called anodther, but it seems doubtful whether that pronunciation belongs to this district. Any, pronounced aniiy, or onny. Some people, howeyer, say dtnyt but this is supposed to be an attempt at refinement. So, mainy for many. Apron, pronounced aj)*run, or aperin. Ate, the pronunciation of eat J. K. was once at the ^ Woolpack ' amongst his chums, and there was a discussion as to the mode of Hying in the other world. Jem, with tipsy grayity, said he wi^ed his treatment to be just what that of the horses at the Wood was,
- Plenty to ate, and nowt to do.'
