Editing Isle of Wight (section)

===Language and dialect===
[[File:Bonchurch, near Ventnor, Isle of Wight.jpg|thumb|[[Henry Bates Joel|Henry Bates Joel's]] 1895 artwork ''<nowiki/>'Bonchurch, near Ventnor, Isle of Wight''' is a depiction of rural life on the island. It is exhibited in the Milntown Estate. ]]

The local accent is similar to the traditional [[dialect]] of Hampshire, featuring the dropping of some [[consonant]]s and an emphasis on longer [[vowel]]s. It is similar to the [[West Country dialects]] heard in [[South West England]], but less pronounced.<ref>{{cite web|author=University of Leeds|date=1959|title=Survey of English Dialects: Whitwell, Isle of Wight|url=http://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0032XX-0200V1|access-date=28 November 2016|publisher=British Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=W Long|url=http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk/caws/Dictionary-Of-The-Isle-Of-Wight-1886.pdf|title=A dictionary of the Isle of Wight dialect|date=1886|publisher=Reeves & Turner, London}}</ref>

The island has its own local and regional words. Some, such as ''nipper/nips'' (a young male person), are still sometimes used and shared with neighbouring areas of the mainland. A few are unique to the island, for example ''overner'' and ''caulkhead'' (see below). Others are more obscure and now used mainly for comic emphasis, such as ''mallishag'' (meaning "[[caterpillar]]"), ''gurt'' meaning "large", ''nammit'' (a mid-morning snack) and ''gallybagger'' ("scarecrow", and now the name of a local cheese).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lavers|first=Jack|title=The Dictionary of the Isle of Wight Dialect|publisher=Dovecote Press|year=1988|isbn=978-0-946159-63-5}}</ref>