Cumberland and Lakeland Dialect – M

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M

Mair                                     More

Mappen                               Perhaps, maybe.

Marra                                  Friend/Mate (actually a Northumberland word adopted by West Cumberland)

Mebby                                 Maybe

Meeda                                 Meadow

Mek                                     Make

Middin                                Farmyard dunghill

Middlin’                              Average, mediocre

Mooth                                  Mouth

Mun / Mun’t                       Must / Mustn’t

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