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The present writer has recently completed a detailed survey of the linguistic geography of Surrey, Kent and Sussex, supplementing the material from the Survey of English dialects localities with additional fieldwork. To the five localities mentioned above Dunsfold was added, so that the material relating to Surrey contained in this article is drawn from these six localities. This most recent survey is based on material recorded at 31 localities in the three counties from life-long residents, most of whom were agricultural workers born in the 30-year period 1880-1910. It contains an analysis of the local sound systems and a geographical study of a sample of the agricultural vocabulary of the region. The aim of this paper is to illustrate some of the main features of this type of Surrey speech by means of suitable examples.