rliament. 'Tis agin de Romans,
mistus; for if so be as de Romans gets de upper harnd an us, we shall be
burnded, and bloodshedded, and have our Bibles took away from us, and
dere'll be a hem set out."

Justabout (Certainly, extremely): "I justabout did enjoy myself up at
the Cristial Palace on the Forresters' day, but there was a terr'ble
gurt crowd; I should think there must have been two or three hundred
people a-scrouging about."

Know (Used as a substantive for knowledge): "Poor fellow, he has got no
know whatsumdever, but his sister's a nice knowledgeable girl."

Lamentable (Very): This word seems to admit of three degrees of
comparison, which are indicated by the accentuation, thus:--

[Sidenote: POSITIVE, COMPARATIVE, SUPERLATIVE]

_Positive_--Lamentable (as usually pronounced).
_Comparative_--Larmentable.
_Superlative_--Larment[dot above a][dot above a]ble.

"'Master Chucks,' he says to me says he, ''tis larmentable purty
weather, Master Crockham.' 'Larment[dot above a][dot above a]ble!' says
I."

Larder (Corruption of ladder): "Master's got a lodge down on the land
yonder, and as I was going across t'other day-morning to fetch a larder
we keeps there, a lawyer catched holt an me and scratched my face."
(Lawyer: A long bramble full of thorns, so called because, "When once
they gets a holt on ye, ye d[dot above o][dot above a]nt easy get shut
of 'em.")

Leetle (diminutive of little): "I never see one of these here gurt men
there's s'much talk about in the p[dot above e][dot above a]pers, only
once, and that was up at Smiffle Show adunnamany years agoo. Prime
minister, they told me he was, up at Lunnon; a leetle, lear, miserable,
skinny-looking chap as ever I see [Disraeli, I imagine]. 'Why,' I says,
'we d[dot above o][dot above a]n't count our minister to be much, but
he's a deal primer-looking than what yourn be.'"

Loanst (A loan): "Will you lend mother the loanst of a little tea?"

Master (Pronounced Mass). The distinctive title of a married labourer. A
single man will be called by his Christian name all his life long; but a
married man, young or old, is "Master" even to his most intimate friend
and fellow workmen, as long as he can earn his own livelihood; but as
soon as he becomes past work he turns into "the old gentleman," leaving
the bread-winner to rank as master of the household. "Master" is quite a
distinct title from "Mr." which is always pronounced Mus, thus: "Mus"
Smi