Despite being considered a dialect word, and somewhat archaic, writers have periodically turned to it.

There are some uniform features that should be taken into account when pronouncing dialect words.

The name originates from the local dialect word for pine cone, because of its shape and size.

Others believe it derived from a dialect word for a wheeled cart.

The name Bolle is a dialect word for some kind of pal.

Some dialect words persist, although most have fallen out of use.

Many dialect words have not been assigned a standardised Chinese character to represent them.

Bill is northern German dialect word for 'butt' and 'end'.

This included collecting lists of dialect words, although grammatical features were not always well recorded.

English spoken in Cork has a large number of dialect words that are peculiar to the city and environs.