-
earliest strips, with
little dialogue,
ended with
Wullie complaining (e.g., "I
nivver get ony fun
roond here!"). The
artistic style settled down by 1940 and has...
- man
vanished with the words: Wokk's tha will, tha'll
nivver do well, Wokk's tha mowt, tha'll
nivver gain owt, For harm an'
mischance an' Yallery-Bro-wun...
-
acquaintance nak - hurt ne - no (determiner) neet -
night neen - none
nivver -
never nor - no owld - old pund -
pound reet -
right rund -
round snar...
-
Brigg o'
Dreead thoo'll
finnd footho'd, Bud if o'
siller an' gawd thoo
nivver ga' neean, Thoo'll doon, doon tumm'l
tiwards **** fleeames, — Stanzas 6...
-
Workington ****a
marra used by ****brians to
refer to the ****brian
dialect nivver ivver ‘ave Aa sin owt like it
never ever have I seen
anything like it Aa...
- On that
monumental day a
rustic voice called out from the crowd, "She'll
nivver git up Thompson's Brow." However, it did and upon the
successful ascent...
- his
pride that i aw the hard
bargains he’d hit He’d bit a good mony but
nivver been bit. Chorus: Wi’ me dum a dum dary, * Dum a dum dary[check spelling]...
-
began to squall, With hikin't up an' doon He
varry neigh let it fall. It
nivver wad ha'd its tung, Tho' some aud teun he'd hum-- "Jack and Jill went up...
- snarls, growls, hisses, and evil invocations. ...
Angry howls, and
cries of "
Nivver no more. They days be gone by. Popery, bigamy." &c.)
Coles contended it...
