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 ...
Readers respond to a report about a course that aims to raise awareness of Yorkshire’s rich linguistic history I am puzzled as to how anyone can teach a West Riding version of the Yorkshire dialect ...
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 ...
Alongside English and foreign language lessons, Yorkshire dialect could be on the school curriculum too if the oldest society of its kind in the world gets its way. Did you know with a Digital ...
A classroom course is teaching people how to speak 'Yorkshire'. The sessions, organised by the Yorkshire Dialect Society, have taken place at Keighley Library over the last six weeks. Rod Dimbleby, ...
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