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Like many regions of England, Devon over the centuries developed a distinct regional dialect which is now in danger of dying out due to universal education and lack of use as society changes.

Luckily, a few dedicated people spent their time trying to preserve the local words and phrases, and produced books and sound recordings to capture the remnants of a disappearing world.

The dialect was still in use in the earlier part of the last century, mainly in rural areas which were slow to see the changes brought by technology and the arrival of better communications by road and rail.

This quiz is based on the work of Clement Marten, who drew on his own experiences to publish a book called The Devonshire Dialect in Exeter in 1973. It includes a dictionary section, as well as various articles written in dialect, including songs and folk stories.

As Mr Marten points out, there are variations in the dialect even in different parts of Devon, so here's a chance to see what you can recognise, or work out. The history of places is even recorded in their names, as this article explored.

Each question in the quiz is a word or phrase with a multiple choice answer, see if you can work guess what they mean, or maybe you still hear some of these words being used. Good luck!

Clement Marten was a keen collector of dialect words and phrases, and had close contact with the language and the people who spoke it.

In his 1973 book, he writes about Sam Gilbert, a waggoner on Mr Marten's uncle's farm at Whitstone, near Holsworthy, and a sea captain Cap'n Rickard, who lives at Oreston, near Plymouth.

But he says his best teacher in the dialect was his Auntie Bea, who grew up at Clawton Bridge, near Holsworthy, in the 1890s.

Mr Marten carried on a family tradition with his work to preserve the cultural history of Devon, as his father Arthur recorded Westcountry songs in 1933.

poll loading Should more be done to record and preserve the Devon dialect before it disappears completely? 500+ VOTES SO FAR Yes, it's an important part of Devon's heritage and should be cherished now and for future generations No, it should be left to die out, it's all in the past and irrelevant to the modern world

In his 1973 publication, Mr Marten includes an article he wrote about a visit to the Devon County Show, which appeared in the association's centenary commemoration book in 1972. Here's a short extract, as a rare example of how the Devon dialect appears written down: "Us got our milkin' dood a bit early - 'bout vive - an' off us goes wi' 'oss an' trap. Us cummed een over Cowley Bridge, pass the 'Pack 'oss' an' up over North Street.

"Now me missus zaid 'er did'n want ver to gaw traipsin' roun' the Shaw, lookin' at 'ossesan 'effers - 'er zeed they every day of the yer, 'er zaid. Wot 'er wanted du wus leuk roun' the shaps wi' 'er zister wot lives een Exeter. Zo 'er got out corner 'igh Street an' telled us to make 'er een the zame place at zix o'clock.

"Down over Zouth Street us goes an' out to the Shaw Yard. 'Course, be this time there wuz a vew other volk wi' the zame idaya an' it tooked us a liddle wiles to get een, but when us did, us 'itched the 'oss an' ztarted to 'av a leuk roun'."