(3) In the same way he finds it much easier to drop the final G of words ending in ING and to drop an initial H. To make up for the latter, however, he may very possibly put in an occasional H somewhere where it would not be expected. Thus he may tell us, speaking of his companions, that _hivvry yan on em is gannin t’ ’Ool t’ morn_. (4) He has a very simple method of dealing with the inflections of the verb. I am, thou art, he is; and I do, thou dost, he does, are levelled into:— _Ah is_ _Ah diz_ _Thoo is_ _Thoo diz_ _He is_ _He diz_ —while, in speaking of his sheep, he may even tell us that _Them’s good uns_. (5) The plural words cows, eyes, children, are not at all to his liking. He much prefers to speak of such things as _ky_, _een_, and _childer_. Nor does he take kindly to the ‘apostrophe s’ as a sign of the possessive case; but will tell his boy to _stan bi t’ hoss heead_. (6) He is very fond of doubling his negatives, and occasionally he is not even satisfied with the doubling process. It is said of an East Yorkshireman whose apple trees were the aim of many a schoolboy’s stone, that his lamentation took the form of _neeabody’s neea bisniss ti thraw nowt inti neeabody’s gardin_. (7) He is also very fond of ‘strong’ past tenses and of past participles ending in EN. The past tenses beat, crept, snowed, are with him _bet_, _crop_, and _snew_; while the past participles burst, fought, got, held, let, put, become _brussen_, _fowten_, _gotten_, _ho’dden_, _letten_, and _putten_. So firmly fixed in popular favour are these forms in EN that it is told of a small boy who had been receiving a lesson on their incorrectness, that in a state of momentary excitement he informed his mistress: _Pleease, miss, Billy Jooanes ha’ putten ‘putten’ wheer he owt ti ha’ putten ‘put.’_ (8) The East Yorkshireman has a host of words that are all his own. Thus he will tell us that _theer war nobbut yah coo i’ t’ helm at t’ far-end o’ t’ pastur_; and that he _doots t’ awd meer’s boon ti dee, but happen she mud live whahl Moon da_.[67] Footnote 67: _nobbut_=only. _boon_=ready. _helm_=shed. _happen_=possibly. _far-end_=opposite side. _mud_=might. _doots_=fears. _whahl_=until. (9) He has likewise his own way of expressing his thoughts, and no other will serve his purpose so well. ‘Well, my boy, who are you?’ a country parson freshly arrived from the South is said to have asked a village boy. _Ah’s weel, hoo’s yersen?_ was the unexpected reply that the parson received. But, of course, he should have known that in East Yorkshire the correct way of asking his question is ‘What do they call you?’