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cannot divide the sounds. The letter "r" 

 is rolled and doubled ; thus, for work they 

 say "wurruk," "Burrle" for Barle ; beach, 

 again, is spoken "bache," and wheat is 

 " wait ; " bushes are " booshes ; " Dulverton 

 is " Dilverton." Many old words remain in 

 circulation or are dropped unconsciously, 

 and if noticed are apologised for. Heather 

 is "yeth," whorts are "hurts," among the 

 labouring people, and to go gathering whortle- 

 berries is to go " a-hurting." They say 

 " time agone " for some time since ; " right 

 away over" to express distance, an appro- 

 priate phrase in a hilly country. 



But so complete is the superficial change 

 that even "plough" has been abandoned, 

 and is now used in the same sense as else- 

 where. By plough was originally meant not 

 the iron instrument which turns the furrow, 

 but the team that draws it; they said "Take 

 a plough and fetch a waggon." The imple- 



