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Endangered species - innit!

Postby TheOstrich » 02 Aug 2024, 12:43

‘Yorkshire apostrophe’ row raises bigger question: do we even need them?


https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/art ... -need-them.

Yorkshire Dialect Society wants apology from council for anti-litter poster that should have read ‘Gerrit in t’bin’
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Postby Kaz » 02 Aug 2024, 13:43

:lol: :lol:
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Postby JanB » 02 Aug 2024, 13:54

:lol: :lol:
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Postby cromwell » 02 Aug 2024, 15:02

A professional Yorkshireman.

Years ago Wakefield Council wanted to ban apostrophes on street signs, probably on the grounds that Wakefield councillors are too thick to know how to use them.
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Postby Workingman » 02 Aug 2024, 17:10

‘Gerrit in t’bin’ is not North Yorkshire dialect. It is more Wakey, Cas, Barnsley, Donny if anything.
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