Dialect in Wiltshire: And Its Historical, Topographical and Natural Science Contexts

animal appears Ashton Keynes Avebury bird Burbage called century changes Chapter children's cited common derived dialect discussed distribution Dorset earlier early element England English dialects etymology evidence example Farm field flower formerly Fovant further give given glossary GROUND Hill HORSE House initial interest John known language late later least lexicon lists localities meaning Middle English Natural History neighbouring Netheravon nineteenth North Old English origin past perhaps period person place-name plant preserved probably pronounced recent recorded refers response seems sense seventeenth shire showing similar Smith someone Somerset sound South South-West South-Western species spelling standard Steeple Ashton suggests Sutton Benger Sutton Veny tense term thee throughout variant verb village voicing vowel West Wilt Wiltshire word