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Skeat, Walter William, 1835-1912

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

gust of wind); _fae_, from; _fat_,
what; _deein_, doing; _chaumer't_, chambered, shut up;
_nyod_, a disguised oath; _we'll need_, we must; _gin_,
if; _win in_, get in: _bather_, bother; _at the lang
length_, at last; _carlie_, churl; _gryte squad_, great
crowd; _gey stoot_, rather stout; _twa three_, two or
three; _gya_, gave; _mith_, might; _nor that_, than that;
_haivers_, foolish talk; _mou_, mouth; _uncoest_, most
uncouth, strangest; _styte_, nonsense.

SCOTTISH (Group 7): AYRSHIRE.
The following lines are quoted from a well-known
poem by Robert Burns (1759-1796).
The Twa Dogs (C{ae}sar and Luath).
_C{ae}s_. "I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day,
An' mony a time my heart's been wae,
Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash,
How they maun thole a factor's snash
He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear,
He'll apprehend them, poind their gear;
While they maun stan', wi' aspect humble,
An' hear it a', an' fear and tremble!
I see how folk live that hae riches;
But surely poor folk maun be wretches.


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