roke ▁the ▁v ase ". ▁Cou ple d ▁with ▁the ▁acc ent u ated ▁pron unci ation ▁of ▁the ▁v ow els ▁this ▁makes ▁for ▁a ▁smooth , ▁flow ing ▁dialect ▁by ▁dil uting ▁the ▁hard ▁con son ants ▁in ▁the ▁language . ▁ ▁P unning ▁ ▁P uns , ▁hum our ▁which ▁explo its ▁the ▁similar ▁sounds ▁of ▁two ▁different ▁words , ▁rarely ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁Dor set ▁dialect . ▁Many ▁like ▁sound ing ▁words ▁in ▁standard ▁English ▁are ▁not ▁pron ounced ▁the ▁same ▁in ▁Dor set . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁classic ▁pun , ▁" The ▁people ▁told ▁the ▁se xt on ▁and ▁the ▁se xt on ▁to ll ' d ▁the ▁bell ", ▁would ▁sound ▁as , ▁" The ▁people ▁tw old ▁the ▁sex ' on ▁and ▁the ▁sex ' on ▁to l led ▁the ▁bell ". ▁Dia lect ▁words ▁beginning ▁with ▁' s ' ▁are ▁spoken ▁with ▁a ▁' z ' ▁if ▁they ▁are ▁German ic ▁in ▁origin , ▁but ▁words ▁that ▁entered ▁the ▁language ▁later , ▁are ▁not . ▁' S un ' ▁is ▁' z un ' ▁but ▁' son ' ▁keeps ▁the ▁' s ' ▁sound . ▁' Scene ' ▁is ▁the ▁same ▁but ▁' seen ' ▁is ▁' ze en '. ▁The ▁letter ▁' f ', ▁if ▁the ▁first ▁or ▁last ▁of ▁a ▁word ▁is ▁pron ounced ▁as ▁a ▁' v ' ▁but ▁again , ▁only ▁if ▁the ▁word ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁Sax on . ▁The ▁verb ▁' fall ' ▁and ▁' fall