Traditional Dialect of Lincolnshire


This was an East Midlands dialect. It adjoined the East Anglian dialect of Norfolk which had a very different sound. Lincolnshire used the Northern vowels while Norfolk used Southern vowels. Norfolk pronounced h’s, while Lincolnshire didn’t.

1. brudha    brother        1.           1.   
2. sista    sister        2.           2.   
3. sun    son        3.           3.   
4. dahta    daughter        4.           4.   
5. fadhdha    father                  5.   
6. mudha    mother        1. Sunda    Sunday        6.   
          2. Munda    Monday        7.   
1. spring    spring        3. T-yoozda    Tuesday          
2. suma    summer        4. Weddenzda    Wednesday        1. I am    I am


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