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The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle

Test your knowledge of Tyneside English dialect words with this word puzzle. Use the clues to fill in the blanks and work out the key word. Can you solve it?

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The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle

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  1. School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics • The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle Can you work out the dialect words from their meanings? Use the clues to fill in the blanksand work out what the key word is. DECTE is funded by: • The Diachronic Electronic Corpus of Tyneside English

  2. The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle Quick Clues: 1. A child or baby. 2. Pleasant, nice. 3. Filthy, dirty. 4. An old man 5. Pretty, handsome 6. Type of bread 1. Key Word: the letters inthe red boxes spell out another word Continue to next slide for more clues ... and the answers 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

  3. The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle 1. A child or baby. There’s AIR in the middle. [5 letters] 2. Pleasant, nice. It rhymes with granny. [5 letters] 3. Filthy, dirty. Begins with h. [5 letters] 4. An old man. _ A D _ _ E. [6 letters] 5. Pretty, handsome or fine. “A _____ baby”. [5 letters] 6. A flat round loaf of bread. A ______ cake. [6 letters] Key Word: the sounds of a person’s speech NEXT: the answers

  4. The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle 1. A child or baby. There’s AIR in the middle. [5 letters] B A I R N 1. Key Word Clue 2. The sounds of a person’s speech. 3. 4. 5. 6.

  5. The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle 2. Pleasant, nice. It rhymes with granny. [5 letters] B A I R N 1. Key Word Clue C A N N Y 2. The sounds of a person’s speech. 3. 4. 5. 6.

  6. The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle 3. Filthy, dirty. Begins with h. [5 letters] B A I R N 1. Key Word Clue C A N N Y 2. The sounds of a person’s speech. H A C K Y 3. 4. 5. 6.

  7. The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle 4. An old man. _ A D _ _ E. [6 letters] B A I R N 1. Key Word Clue C A N N Y 2. The sounds of a person’s speech. H A C K Y 3. G A D G I E 4. 5. 6.

  8. The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle 5. Pretty, handsome or fine. “A _____ baby”. [5 letters] B A I R N 1. Key Word Clue C A N N Y 2. The sounds of a person’s speech. H A C K Y 3. G A D G I E 4. B O N N Y 5. 6.

  9. The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle 6. A flat round loaf of bread. A ______ cake. [6 letters] B A I R N 1. Key Word Clue C A N N Y 2. The sounds of a person’s speech. H A C K Y 3. G A D G I E 4. B O N N Y 5. S T O T T Y 6.

  10. The Talk of the Toon Dialect Word Puzzle Can you make a puzzle like thisof your own, using local wordsthat you know?

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