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Cheshire dialect
The Cheshire dialect is the dialect of the English county Cheshire in the Northwest. It has similarities with the dialects of the surrounding counties of Lancashire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Derbyshire.〔
==History==
The dialect has existed for centuries and is distinct from standard British English. The works of the 14th century poets; such as, ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' and ''Gawain'' poet are written in this dialect. This also includes the religious poem ''St. Erkenwald'', which dates from the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century.〔(Wilson E. Gawain Poet (fl. c.1375–1400). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press; 2004) ) (accessed 14 July 2010)〕〔Wallace D. (ed.). ''The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature'', p. 627 (Cambridge University Press; 1999) (ISBN 0521890462)〕 Cheshire author Alan Garner states "Of course ''(Cheshire dialect )'' has changed, as all living language changes, since the time of the ''Gawain'' poet. But when I read sections of the poem aloud to my father, he knew, and used, more than 90% of the vocabulary; and the phonetics of the vowels have scarcely changed."〔(Renner B. An Interview with Alan Garner. ''elimae'' (2002) ) (accessed 14 July 2010)〕
Early references include English proverbs and dialect words collected by John Ray in the 17th century, and a glossary of Cheshire words, compiled by Roger Wilbraham in 1817 and expanded in 1826.〔〔Wilbraham R. ''An Attempt at a Glossary of Some Words Used in Cheshire'', 2nd edn (T. Rood; 1826)〕 These sources were expanded by Egerton Leigh in a glossary published posthumously in 1877, which was an attempt to preserve a way of speech that was already under threat from "emigration, railways, and the blending of shires."〔(Leigh E. Introduction in: ''A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire'' (Hamilton, Adams, and Co./Minshull and Hughes; 1877) ) (accessed 14 July 2010)〕〔(Harrison S. Leigh, Egerton (1815–1876). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press; 2004) ) (accessed 14 July 2010)〕 Leigh notes that some words collected by Ray had already disappeared.〔 Later reference works include Thomas Darlington's ''Folk-speech of South Cheshire'' (1887) and Peter Wright's ''The Cheshire Chatter'' (1979).
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