It means Yorkshire’s glorious dialect is under threat – and at this rate we could say tarra to it within 45 years, as slang and pronunciation from the South become more common. But now retired German ...
These words, spoken by a ‘village dame’ entering a doctor’s waiting room, were penned in the latter half of the 19th century by author and collector of Yorkshire folklore Richard Blakeborough, who ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Yorkshire dialect, with it's unique words, phrases and pronunciations has roots in Old Norse, Old English - and even a little ...
THE Gazette & Herald went in search of the origins of Yorkshire dialect. With the help of the Yorkshire Dialect Society's Dr Barrie Rhodes, reporter JAMES KILNER found remarkable similarities between ...
What's tha laikin at? Put wood in t'oil. I'm starved 'ere. It's not a foreign language, and it's not a snippet from the 1980s children's drama Jonny Briggs. Although the storyline would have ...
To those who live here, there is nothing unusual about the way we speak, but the Yorkshire dialect is often thought of as simple speech for simple folk. But it has a long and ancient history, with ...
Yorkshire Dialect Society wants apology from council for anti-litter poster that should have read ‘Gerrit in t’bin’ It wasn’t just a misplaced apostrophe, it was a misplaced Yorkshire apostrophe that ...
Yorkshire should follow in the footsteps of Wales when it comes to being recognised for its own language as well as having its own governing powers, an Ilkley author said. Did you know with a Digital ...
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