Such features can be seen in older popular literature, such as C.J. Dennis's The Sentimental Bloke and Henry Lawson's writings.
•
Bes is likely a carryover of British Somerset usage with Irish grammar or Cornish.
English | English language | English people | Newfoundland | Newfoundland (island) | English Civil War | English Channel | Old English | Oxford English Dictionary | English studies | English literature | Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | English Heritage | Middle English | English modal verbs | English Reformation | 1993–94 in English football | American English | 1996–97 in English football | Al Jazeera English | 1994–95 in English football | Rainbow (English band) | 1998–99 in English football | 1992–93 in English football | British English | 1995–96 in English football | English law | 1997–98 in English football | Memorial University of Newfoundland |