_ Why, what shoud e caal 'n? 'Tes the right neyam, esn ut?
_J._ Right neyam? No! Why, ye gurt zote vool, casn't zee 'tes a
dumbledore?
_W._ I know 'tes; but vur aal that, straddlebob's zo right a
neyam vor 'n as dumbledore ez.
_J._ Come, I'll be blamed if I doant laay thee a quart o' that.
_W._ Done! and I'll ax Meyastur to-night when I goos whoam, bee't
how't wool.
Accordingly, Meyastur was applied to by Will, who made his decision
known to Jan the next morning.
_W._ I zay, Jan! I axed Meyastur about that are last night.
_J._ Well, what ded ur zay?
_W._ Why, a zed one neyam ez jest zo vittun vor'n as tother; and
he lowz a ben caal'd straddlebob ever zunce the Island was vust
meyad.
_J._ Well, if that's the keeas, I spooas I lost the quart.
_W._ That thee hast, lucky; and we'll goo down to Arreton to the
Rid Lion and drink un ater we done work.
Notes.--Observe _z_ for _s_, and _v_ for _f_ initially. _What's_,
What hast thou; _nammut_ (lit. noon-meat), luncheon, usually
eaten at 9 A.M. (_n{-o}na h{-o}ra_); _leyarn_, learn; _esn_, is
not; _gurt_, great; _zote_, soft, silly; _casn't_, canst not;
_laay_, lay, wager; _how't wool_, how it will; _that are_, that
there; _lowz_ (lit.
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