Joa

When I went to study in Hong Kong at the age of eight, I learned a new word “Joa-san” in Cantonese to greet people in the morning.

What do you say when you greet people? 2008

When I went to study in Hong Kong at the age of eight, I learned a new word “Joa-san” in Cantonese to greet people in the morning.

What do you say when you greet people? 2007

Stooansnatch, leavin Bessy an 'Joa together, an' yo may bet Joa made gooid use of his time, for he'd begun his cooartin i 'hard earnest, an' he meant to goa throo wi 'it.

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

But that wor aght o'th 'question, for his hand tremeld soa' at he couldn't leet a cannel, soa Bessy had to leet it, an 'then shoo bent ovver th' form ov poor Joa.

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

Joa an him went to seek it, an 'as he knew just whear to find it they had'nt long to luk.

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

An Joa quietly gate up an 'locked th' door an 'put th' key in his pocket.

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

This wor moor nor owd Stooansnatch could stand, soa swingin th 'pooaker aboon his heead, he browt it daan wi' a fearful crack onto th 'heead o' poor Joa, who at once reel'd ovver an fell insensible to th 'graand.

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

Joa shut his een an 'tried to luk as deead as he could.

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

As sooin as Joa heard that he seized a fork, an 'stuck it into th' mait wi 'sich a force,' at he smashed th 'dish an' pinned it fast to th 'table top.

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

"Why, what's th 'matter, Joa?" sed one o'th 'chaps, comin' up as if he knew nowt abaat it.

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