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94 COMMON ENGLISH WOEDS IN THE CORNISH DIALECT. Many ordinary English words, although not exactly dialectic, are much changed, and differently pronounced in the Cornish dialect, and as we meet with them in reading Cornish tales, such words, being in situ, often arrest the attention by their peculiar quaintness, and force. Hundreds of English words are so " handled " by the Cornish, that it is difficult to say whether such words should, or should not, be included in a Glossary. It may not be amiss to make a list of some of them, and although the catalogue could be much lengthened, the following may suffice. To extend it would be of no great use, and certainly tedious for perusal. The selection of words in the following list will illustrate to some extent the peculiarities of the dialect. COBNISH. ENGLISH. CORNISH. ENGLISH. Aant or Un.. . Aunt Apern .. Apron Abroad . JFide open Apernt .. Apron Afore . Before x^psen .. Aspen Aise . Ease Arg 1 Anatomy . Skeleton Argy V .. Argue Anend . On end Argyfy ) Antic . Fool ArterorAaft er After