Whisket
Meaning: Basket (sounds similar to the word “Wesscut”)
Heard in Suffolk: Oi’ll collect th’ windfalls in that there whisket
Standard English: I shall collect the fallen apples in that basket
Wesscut
Meaning: Waistcoat, bodywarmer or gilet
Heard in Suffolk: Its cawd owt, best oi git moi wesscut
Standard English: Its cold outside. Best I get my waistcoat
Wholly
Meaning: Completely and entirely. Also holy
Heard in Suffolk: ‘At rain wholly come dowen las’ noight
Standard English: The rain came down heavy last night
Waspish
Meaning: Tetchy, irritable
Heard in Suffolk: Wha’s got yew s’ waspish?
Standard English: What’s made you so irritable?
Wapes
Meaning: Low spirited, yawning, occasionally nervousness
Heard in Suffolk: Oim sew bored uts given me th’ wapes
Standard English: I am so bored its making me yawn
Wet the Sickle
Meaning: Drinking in a public house. Agricultural origins.
Heard in Suffolk: Harvests in, we’re off t’ wet th’ sickle!
Standard English: We’ve finished the harvest, let’s go to the pub!