Boxer Gifts The Pocket Yorkshire English Book

The dialects of English still spoken in Yorkshire, known collectively as Broad Yorkshire, Tyke or Yorkie, are both colorful and instantly recognizable. This handy beginners guide to how to speak Yorkshire will have you giving Sean Bean or Jodie Whittaker a run for their money in no time. First, you have to drop your Hs, from has and her for example as and er. Then, the Ts need to go, from that and cat for example, to be replaced with a slight H sound, the so-called glottal stop tha and ca while the becomes simply t. A famous example (which no one ever actually says) is tint int tin, meaning it isnt in the tin. In a similar way with becomes wi. Accents may differ throughout the Dales, but Ts and Hs are dropped throughout Yorkshire. And dont bother with the G in any -ing ending. Gs at the end of words count for nothin. The ay sound in a word, like day, becomes ee, as do some i sounds right, for example, becomes reet. So, in Yorkshire, you might say, Im avin a reet grand dee! Never say our; you say us Wots fr us tea, Mutha? Yorkshires a friendly place anyone you meet could be love, pal or fella. And do speak to everyone youre not in London! So, dont be taken aback if someone hails you with Mornin, pet, reet grand day, init? | Boxer Gifts The Pocket Yorkshire English Book