Folk-Speech of Cumberland and Some Districts Adjacent

By: Gibson, Alexander Craig

THAT Tommy Towman's a me st serious leear-an', like o' leears, he's a desper't fe l. By jing if I hed a dog hoaf as daft I wad hang't, that wad I He gits doon aboot Cockerm'uth an' Wūrki'ton, noo's an' than's; an' sūm gentlemen theear, they tak' him inta t' Globe or t' Green Draggin, an' jūst for nowte at o' else but acoase they think he kens me, they feed him wid drink an' they hod him i' toak till he can hardly tell whedder end on him's upbank; an' than they dro' him on to tell them o' mak's o' te ls-o' mak's but true an's-aboot me; an' t' pooar lāl gowk hesn't gumption aneuf to see 'at they're no'but makin' ghem on him. But, loavin' surs if he'd hed t' sense of a gūrse gā'n gezlin he wad niver ha' browte oot sec a lafter o' lees as he's gitten yan o' them Wūrki'ton gentlemen (yan 'at ken's weel hoo to write doon oor he mly toke) to put inta prent; an' what mak's yan madder nor o' t' rest, -to put them i' prent jūst as if I'd tel't them me-sel'. I's nūt t' chap to try to cum ower an oald jolly jist wid whinin' oot "Fadder's deid " when ivery body kens 'at fadder's whicker nor me st on us. My sarty he's nin o' t' deein' mak' isn't fadder.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08KFYXGX3
• ISBN13: 9798691494352
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"