chonce

Ther's a chonce for some o 'yo' at wants a statty.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Ther's nowt like bein independent, an mooast fowk have a chonce if they'll nobbut 'mak hay wol th' sun shines, 'an' if yo dooant mak it then yo'll niver be able to mak it at ony other time.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

He sat in a quiet corner, an one bi one th 'customers went aght, an thinkin he saw a favourable chonce, he put his bundle on th' seeat, and threw a newspaper carelessly ovver it, supt up -- an when he thowt nubdy wor lukkin he quietly left it an wor sooin back in his office, feelin wonderfully relieved.

Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877

"Awm nooan tryin to ovvertak it, -- but tha sees if ther's ony comin behund it'll have a chonce o 'overtakkin me, an' if aw wor go in faster it might think aw wor tryin to get aght o'th 'way on it: an' whativer fowk may say, awm net one o 'them' ats feeard o 'wark, for aw nivver put misen aght oth' way to shirk owt yet."

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Luk what comfort yo give a chap; then as sooin as he sees his sen luk respectable, he begins to want to be soa, he feels to have moor pluck, he doesn't hing daan his heead, he's a better chonce to win a honest livin, an 'yo may safely think yo've gien

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Shoo's nivver had th 'chonce, for he tuk three months.

Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877

"Naah, Dick, ther's a chonce for yo to pleeas me -- yo know aw've axed yo all th 'summer to tak me raand to see th' parks i 'Bradforth, for aw've nivver seen one on em, exceptin Lister's, an' that's becoss it's soa near -- they tell me 'at th' flaars i 'Peel's park, an' up at Horton, are reeal beautiful."

Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877

Tha'll sit thear, remarkin an praichin bi th 'haar together, an nivver give me a chonce to get in a word edgeways.

Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877

He passed monny a one, but ther wor allus somdy abaat, an he couldn't get a chonce o 'gettin shut on it, an he wor foorced to tak it to th' office wi him.

Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877

Yor belly'll be full an 'your back weel clooathed, your conscience -- well, tak noa noatice o' that, -- an 'if yo can get a front seeat in a chapel yo'll stand a gooid chonce o' been made a taan caancillor or a member o'th schooil booard.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877