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Skeat, Walter William, 1835-1912

"English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day"

Northumberland, N. Durham. 2. S. Durham;
most of Cumberland, Westmoreland, N. Lancashire, hilly parts of
W. Riding of Yorkshire. 3. N. and E. Ridings of Yorkshire.
(_b_) Ten groups: 1. Lincolnshire. 2. S.E. Lancashire, N.E.
Cheshire, N.W. Derby. 3. S.W. Lancashire, S. of the Ribble.
4. Mid Lancashire, Isle of Man. 5. S. Yorkshire; to the S.W. of
the Wharfe. 6. Most of Cheshire, N. Staffordshire. 7. Most of
Derby. 8. Nottingham. 9. Flint, Denbigh. 10. E. Shropshire,
S. Stafford, most of Warwickshire, S. Derby, Leicestershire.
(_c_) Five groups: 1. Cambridge, Rutland, N.E. Northampton.
2. Most of Essex and Hertford, Huntingdon, Bedford, Mid Northampton.
3. Norfolk and Suffolk. 4. Most of Buckingham. 5. Middlesex,
S.E. Buckingham, S. Hertford, S.W. Essex.
N.B. S.W. Northampton is Southern; see (_e_), 4.
(_d_) Two groups: 1. W. and S. Shropshire (W. of Severn). 2. Hereford
(except E.), Radnor, E. Brecknock.
(_e_) Ten groups. 1. Parts of Pembroke and Glamorgan. 2. Wiltshire,
Dorset, N. and E. Somerset, most of Gloucester, S.W. Devon. 3. Most
of Hampshire, Isle of Wight, most of Berkshire, S.


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