set ▁might ▁say , ▁I ▁do ▁live ▁too ▁near ▁a ▁wood ▁to ▁be ▁fright ened ▁by ▁an ▁ow l , ▁to ▁indicate ▁that ▁they ▁know ▁enough ▁about ▁something , ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁wor ried ▁by ▁it . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁words ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁' a ▁b ite ▁to ▁eat ', ▁it ▁is ▁said ▁that ▁a ▁Dor set ▁man ▁has ▁eight ▁me als ▁a ▁day ; ▁de w bit , ▁breakfast , ▁nun che on , ▁cr un che on , ▁lun che on , ▁nam met , ▁cr am met ▁and ▁supp er . ▁Many ▁' dia lect ' ▁words ▁are ▁contra ctions : ▁B um bye ▁and ▁b ime by ▁are ▁short ▁for ▁' by - and - by ', ▁did den ▁for ▁' did n ' t ' ▁and ▁gram fer ▁and ▁gram mer ▁are ▁for ▁' grand father ' ▁and ▁' grand m other ' ▁respectively . ▁ ▁The ▁word ▁' like ' ▁is ▁often ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁qual ifier ▁for ▁an ▁ad jective ▁and ▁is ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁sentence . ▁To ▁say , ▁" He ' s ▁ill , ▁like " ▁means ▁he ▁is ▁' r ather ' ▁ill . ▁ ▁In ▁literature ▁William ▁Bar nes ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁Bag ber ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 1 . ▁He ▁wrote ▁three ▁volumes ▁poetry ▁in ▁the ▁Dor set ▁dialect , ▁the ▁first , ▁Po ems ▁of ▁R ural ▁Life ▁in ▁the ▁Dor set ▁Dia lect ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 4 .