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  2. Aug 1, 2024 · Also known as Tyke, Yorkie or Yorkshire English, the Yorkshire dialect is made up of several variations spoken across God’s Own Country and has its roots in Old English and to a greater extent Old Norse language. These Yorkshire expressions are what help make our region so unique and give us Yorkshire folk our distinct character that has ...

  3. Word recognition. The following dialect words are known to be in contemporary use in parts of Yorkshire, but they may not all feature in your particular area. See how many you recognise. Addle: (verb) to earn.

  4. Yorkshire dialect (also known as Broad Yorkshire, Tyke, Yorkie, or Yorkshire English) is a geographic grouping of several dialects of English spoken in the Yorkshire region of Northern England. [1] The varieties have roots in Old English and are influenced to a greater extent by Old Norse than Standard English is.

  5. Aug 1, 2022 · Claire Midgley is dialect and heritage engagement officer at Ryedale Folk Museum, taking the Great Big Dialect Hunt to Danby Show on August 10, and following on from Ryedale and Borrowby ...

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  6. Jan 17, 2019 · More than 4,000 words have been collated in a newly published dictionary of Yorkshire dialect terms. From abbeystead to yower - a term for a sheep's udder - it features words that were in use...

  7. While there has been a huge increase in scientific and technical vocabulary in the standard language, the regional dialects have seen many of their colourful words and expressions decline, both in number and variety.

  8. Yorkshire dialect – an explanation. Even allowing for the boundary changes of 1974, Yorkshire is still England’s biggest county. As you might expect, there is no single Yorkshire Dialect but, rather, a variety of speech patterns across the region.

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