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Northumbria, uncountable

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“[19th c.] 1993, Ned Corvan, “Yer Gannin to be a Keelman,” in Visions of the People, Patrick Joyce http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=z_nMtyp7XCEC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&sig=SHwbkD-bXZaWxJharfiXxajyEGU Ye’ll be comin’ hyem at neets, with yor fyece all ower black, And ye’ll lie⟳ an snore aside the fire, and never gis yor crack, …”

““He had just come⟳ in,” he said, “to see⟳ if his mate was come⟳ hyem yet; but as he had not, he thought he could guess⟳ right weel where he wad be, and wad just step o’er to Brown’s (the gin-shop) and see⟳.””

“1985, David Wright tr. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=hXCi_DViuqwC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&sig=3KRd23dvj1DbGak23VXz2q-VDDc And so Aah’s cum, and also brought Alan, To grind⟳ wor corn, and bring⟳ it hyem again; Aah begs ye de the job fast as ye can.”

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