Essex dialect

Essex Dialect is the traditional dialect in Essex, Essex dialect is a sub-dialect of East Anglian, it is largely similar to that of the Suffolk dialect. It is often confused with Estuary English.

Essex dialect
Old Essex
Region	Essex, England, United Kingdom
Ethnicity	English People
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo-Frisian Anglic English Southern English East Anglian English Essex dialect
Writing system	English alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	esse1265
Location of Essex within the UK.

Phonology

• A often becomes O so because becomes becos.
• O is often inserted before an I e.g. fine becomes foine.
• R is often dropped e.g. surpassed becomes suppassed.
• O often becomes U e.g. from can become Frum.
• W and V and D and T are often interchanged.

Dialect Words

Essex	Suffolk	Norfolk	English
Dicky / Bussock	Waddledickie	Dickey	Donkey
Hodmedod	Hodmedod	Dodman	Snail
Ary	?	?	Either
Bor	Bor	Bor	Boy
Strange	Rum	Strange	Strange
Gone Furrin	Gone Furrin	Gone Furrin	to go abroad

Placenames

Place	Essex
Manningtree	Manentrey
St. Osyth	Toosie
Rowhedge	Rowedge (H is dropped)