Traditional Dialect of Dumfriesshire


This was a South Scots dialect. It was not only spoken in southern Scotland, but also over the English border in the Cheviot Hills of north Cumberland and north Northumberland.

1. brudhdherr    brother        1.           1.   
2.           2.           2.   
3. sunn    son        3.           3.   
4. dohchterr    daughter        4.           4.   
5. fehdherr    father                  5.   
6. mudhdherr    mother        1.           6.   
          2. Munndeh    Monday        7.   
1. sprreng    spring        3. T-yoozdeh    Tuesday          
2. semmerr    summer        4. Weddenzdeh    Wednesday        1. eh am    I am


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