Wright expressly says that, in his work also, the boundaries suggested
are inexact; they are only given for convenience, as an approximation
to the truth. He agrees with Dr Ellis in most of the particulars.
Many of the counties are divided between two, or even three, dialects;
I somewhat simplify matters by omitting to mention some of them, so as
to give merely a general idea of the chief dialectal localities. For
fuller information, see the _Dialect Grammar_.
I. The dialects of Scotland may be subdivided into nine groups:
1. Shetland and Orkney. 2. Caithness. 3. Nairn, Elgin, Banff,
Aberdeen. 4. E. Forfar, Kincardine. 5. W. Forfar, most of Perth,
parts of Fife and Stirling. 6. S. Ayr, W. Dumfries, Kirkcudbright,
Wigton. 7. S.E. Argyle, N. Ayr, Renfrew, Lanark. 8. Kinross,
Clackmannan, Linlithgow, Edinburgh, Haddington, Berwick, Peebles.
9. E. Dumfries, Selkirk, Roxburgh.
II. Ireland.--Ulster, Dublin, Wexford.
III. England and Wales, in five divisions: (_a_) Northern;
(_b_) Midland; (_c_) Eastern; (_d_) Western; (_e_) Southern.
(_a_) Three groups: 1.
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