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One for WM and Crommers .....

PostPosted: 20 Aug 2023, 16:26
by TheOstrich
Get thee up t'Keighley ......

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ember.html

If you're not cat-hawed, that is ... :mrgreen: :cute: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: One for WM and Crommers .....

PostPosted: 20 Aug 2023, 17:11
by cromwell
The trouble with this is that there are so many different dialects in the one county.
A Hull dialect is different to a Dales accent.
A Wakefield accent "sounds like your battery is running down" according to some, and as for a Barnsley accent....
Anyhow, best to just let language develop rather than preserve it in aspic, I think.

Re: One for WM and Crommers .....

PostPosted: 20 Aug 2023, 17:23
by Workingman
Arghhhh!

The Wail makes the same mistake that many do of confusing dialect with accent.

There is no one Yorkshire dialect nor one Yorkshire accent - there are many.

People from Barnsley use different words (dialect) and have a different accent from those in Richmond, yet both are in Yorkshire.

There was a story some years ago of a bump on a minor level crossing - no barriers. When interviewed the woman in the car said "The sign said wait while the lights are on red, so I did." :shock: :lol: :lol:

"While" in some places means "until" in parts of Yorkshire, as in a mum scolding her kids: "Wait while I get thee 'ome."

And it's "get thi' sen up t' Keighley. Only a doylum would say "thee". ;) :P :P

Here's a good list and many of them are still used daily; even in polite circles. Some have even migrated south. :D :D :D

Re: One for WM and Crommers .....

PostPosted: 20 Aug 2023, 21:38
by TheOstrich
Workingman wrote:And it's "get thi' sen up t' Keighley. Only a doylum would say "thee". ;) :P :P


I stand corrected! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: One for WM and Crommers .....

PostPosted: 20 Aug 2023, 23:50
by Workingman
An so thy shud.

Doylem is a Leeds thing, but tha noes that, din't thee, ya wazzok. ;)