Uddent - wouldn't Umman - woman Vair - a stoat or weasel Vather - father Vella - fellow Viel/Vile - a field. The name is still used to describe a commonly managed field at Rhossili on Gower, which is farmed in a mediaeval strip field arrangement Vitte - clever or smart Vorrit - forehead V'rall - for all Vurriner - foreigner Want - a mole (animal) Weest - dismal Whirret - a slap Whitepot - a Gower delicacy of flour, milk & currants baked (cf Devon whitepot, a sort of bread-and-butter pudding) Wimbling - winnowing Witches - moths Yau - ewe Zig - urine Zive - scythe Zongals/songals - corn gleanings Zul/sul - a plough Zz'thee knaw - do you know Use of the dialect in art Cyril Gwynn was a Gower poet who used the Gower dialect in his poetry. Phil Tanner was a Gower singer who used the Gower dialect in his songs, including the Gower Wassail. Further reading Tucker, Horatio. Gower Gleanings (Gower Society 1951) and miscellaneous articles in Gower, the journal of the Gower Society Robert Penhallurick - Gowerland and its language (Peter Lang,1994) References Dialects of English Welsh English Dialect