I knaw what oatcake bakin' is.

Some readers very improperly omit the sound of r from many words to which it pertains; pronouncing or as awe, nor as knaw, for as faugh, and war as the first syllable of water.

The men shirk out of difficulties of this kind by going off in the morning early to their work with the parting remark, 'Aw, you'd better see about it; I don't knaw nothing about such jobs.'

"I doan knaw ef I knaw, sir.

"I doan knaw ef I knaw, sir.

"I knaw what's good for me, Dr. Rawcliffe.

" "And yo'll knaw then what good it doos ta-alkin'."

Doan't yo' knaw t' coffin's coom?

"I knaw Assy," she had said.

"I doan knaw," said Mrs. Gale.

" "But don't you think he'd sing for me, if I were to ask him?" "Yo' may aask 'im, Miss Olice, but I doan' knaw.

And well yo' med saay yo' doan't groodge it ef yo knawed arl we knaw, Mrs. Blenkiron.

"I doan' knaw as I've thought mooch about it.

"Coom to think of it, I doan' knaw as he would like it mooch.

"And if he doos, Ally, yo' knaw what to saay.

I knaw all yo' 'ave t' saay.

" "Yo'll 'ave t' 'ear it, Essy, whether yo' knaw it or not.

ef I didn' knaw it.

I dawn' want t' knaw.

"But yo' knaw you wouldn' bae happy wi' mae.

" "I knaw there's t' baaby an' all.

"Allyd'yo knaw we're aloan here?"

" "How can I end it?" "Yo knaw how.

Yo dawn't knaw what yo're saayin', my laass.

What d'yo maneYo knaw?