BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.

Subject: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 11 Jul 14 - 08:54 AM

Words different in Yorkshire

I know the list is tongue in cheeky. But how accurate is it?

Subject: RE: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 11 Jul 14 - 09:41 AM

Not very.

Tea and dinner for instance, common usage all over the place and not only in Yorkshire. Also, due to it's size, there are vast differences between dialects across Yorkshire. People from York sound very different to those from Sheffield.

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: Musket
Date: 11 Jul 14 - 10:07 AM

As ever, finding local words from one place and transplanting it many miles away in areas that for many older people may as well be in Australia.

It is nice to have your heritage analysed, but to mix it with someone else's isn't exactly cricket.

If it helps Jack, I can say one thing that is universal in Yorkshire, and bearing in mind Yorkshire is the largest county in England, and known as God's own county...

You can always tell a Yorkshireman, but you can't tell him much.

Subject: RE: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 11 Jul 14 - 10:30 AM

BTW, Jack, if you really are interested I would recommend Bill Bryson's "Mother Tongue". As I am sure you know he is an American writer but lives in England. The book discusses the differences in accents and dialects across the UK and the US.

If you can't get it please feel free to PM me with your details and I will send you my copy.

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: GUEST,MikeL2
Date: 11 Jul 14 - 10:58 AM

hi

In answer to your question, as Dave says not very accurate. Some of the sayings are but some have really nothing to do with Yorkshire eg Duck. More used in Stoke area of Staffordshire.

Musket More accurately You can always tell a Yorkshireman, but you can't tell him out.

cheers

MikeL2    eeeeee lad aye.

Subject: RE: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 11 Jul 14 - 12:02 PM

You can tell him out, if he's batting and you are the umpire.

But you can't tell him owt.

~M~

Subject: RE: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: Musket
Date: 11 Jul 14 - 01:12 PM

I used language that hopefully Jack could read without reference to Collins English Dee Daa Dee Daa English Phrase Book.

Subject: RE: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Jul 14 - 06:19 PM

They're mixing up South Yorkshire ( the other riding, that left before Yokshire had a hit) with the rest of Yokshire. Sheffield is almost human- (that's wheer they call thi 'love')- the rest is just Far East Foreign. Yokshiris are not best known for their historical welcome of dark foreigners.

Subject: RE: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 12 Jul 14 - 02:33 AM

Most Yorkshire people will confirm, it's a pile of crap.

Dave H, Yorkshire born and bred

Subject: RE: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: Noreen
Date: 12 Jul 14 - 10:18 AM

Subject: RE: BS: Yorkshire people, please confirm.
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 12 Jul 14 - 04:12 PM

Yorkshire is a big place, there are some very different parts to it.

please confirm...?
that won't suit the Catholics.