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(11) /is sounded in would, should. 
(18) sh becomes s, as sall for shall, especially about Colne. 
(14) ¢ becomes d at the end of many words, nod for not. 
(16) possessive cases are missing; Tom brother for 
Tom’s brother. 
(18) ow becomes huz; she is hoo; it never becomes its ; 
‘look at it legs.” 
(Mr. Wilkinson concluded his paper with a list of dialectic 
words used by Chaucer and Spenser, and said that at least 121 
in Chaucer, and 97 in Spenser, are still in daily use in this portion 
of our country, although not one of them is to be found in any 
modern dictionary. | 
