page_title: Sussex dialect
section_title: Landscape words
hierarchical_section_title: Sussex dialect / Landscape words
caption_attribution_description: English: Ferring Rife Rife is the name given to small streams on the coastal plain between Ferring and Pagham Harbour. This looks south from the bridge that crosses it to reach the Ferring Country Centre.
context_page_description: The Sussex dialect is a dialect that was once widely spoken by those living in the historic county of Sussex in southern England. Much of the distinctive vocabulary of the Sussex dialect has now died out, although a few words remain in common usage and some individuals still speak with the traditional Sussex accent.
  The Sussex dialect is a subset of the Southern English dialect group. Historically, there were three main variants to the dialect: west Sussex, mid Sussex and east Sussex. There were also differences between downland and Wealden communities. In particular, the people of the Weald were thought to have the most impenetrable accents. The Sussex dialect shows remarkable continuity: the three main dialect areas reflect the historic county's history. The west and mid dialect areas reflect the ancient division of Sussex between East and West, which until the creation of the rape of Bramber in the 11th century lay along the river Adur. The eastern dialect area reflects the unique history of the Hastings area, which was home to the kingdom of the Haestingas until the 8th century.
context_section_description: Bostal (or borstal) - a steep path, particularly over the Downs
  Knap, knep or kneb - a small hill (as in Knepp Castle, which is built on a small hill)
  Hill - the Sussex Downs
  Laines - open tracts of land at the base of the Downs (originally as in the North Laine area of Brighton)
  Rife - a small river, especially across the West Sussex coastal plain (as in the Ferring Rife)
  Totty land - high land
  Fret - a sea fog
  Went - crossroads
caption: Ferring Rife
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