Note 103 — Chapter XVI · A FEW SIMPLE HINTS ON THE GRAMMAR OF THE FOLK-SPEECH

Throughout, save in this example, ‘He’ has been so printed, but without exception its utterance approaches nearer to that of ‘a’ or ‘eh,’ e.g. ‘‘Ez he ta’en ’t fra tha?’ would certainly appear as if the speaker had said ’‘Ez a (or eh) ta’en ’t fra tha?’ But to save the reader much needless confusion, he has been retained, though it is rarely heard save at the commencement of a sentence.