Traditional Dialect of Cumberland
The Cumberland dialect had the trilled r, oo for ou ("oot" = "out") and the clearly pronounced h of Scots, but the nothern English "u" as in "pull" where Scots had the "u" of "putt".
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brud-dherr |
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brother |
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sist-therr |
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sister |
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sun |
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son |
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doh-terr |
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daughter |
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fad-dherr |
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father |
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mud-dherr |
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mother |
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Sunnda |
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Sunday |
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Monnda |
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Monday |
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sprring |
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spring |
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T-yoozda |
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Tuesday |
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sumerr |
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summer |
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Weddenzda |
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Wednesday |
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eh is |
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I am |
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