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The Yorkshire Historical Dictionary is a collection of over 4,000 words, tracking the development of regional language in Yorkshire
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In west Yorkshire this was the name given in the nineteenth...
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Most words in the dictionary are associated with a specific...
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A. C. Cawley, George Meriton’s A Yorkshire Dialogue (1683)...
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Use this page to submit new information to the dictionary,...
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Aug 1, 2024 · Getting to grips with these 61 one-of-a-kind words and phrases give you a small peek into what makes this place so special, showing off the wit, banter, and personality of the locals. When you’re in Yorkshire next, dive right into the chat and get stuck in with the Yorkshire slang.
Feb 2, 2011 · She used two words that I have never heard any one else use: Pissimires, ‘sum fowk calls em ants’, and firkinrobin, otherwise known as an earwig. Does anyone else know these?
Jan 17, 2019 · 17 January 2019. New dictionary records 4,000 Yorkshire dialect words. More than 4,000 words have been collated in a newly published dictionary of Yorkshire dialect terms. From abbeystead...
- Tracking The Development of Regional Language
- Yorkshire Dictionary Development
- Changing Dialect Reflects Societal Shifts
- From Shoe Box to Published Document
- Yorkshire Dialectal Terms
The idea behind the Yorkshire Historical Dictionaryis that it tracks the development of regional language in Yorkshire and provides a useful reference guide for historians studying medieval manuscripts. The dictionary is also a fascinating reference for anyone interested in learning more about the dialect of this English county. Yorkshire has a poe...
The Yorkshire Historical Dictionary links each word or expression to a historical document dated from 1100 to 1750. The terms originate from many different industries and include words related to agriculture, farming, plants, animals, the Church, coal mining, specialist crafts, clothing and the textile industry. The Borthwick Institute for Archives...
When industries change over time, the words associated with those industries also change. Terms die out if they are no longer used and needed. The Yorkshire-born poet Ian McMillan and the self-styled ‘Bard of Barnsley’, who helped to publish the dictionary, said: “I’m always excited and keen to do anything to do with dialect. [These dictionaries] i...
Dr Redmonds had begun transcribing his collection of Yorkshire words to take them from postcard notes gathered in shoe boxes to a structured document ready for others to read. After his death in August 2018, the digital project began. Funded by the Marc Fitch Fund and managed by the Borthwick Institute for Archives, the work has now been published ...
The Yorkshire Historical Dictionary is full of interesting expressions and terms. Many of these will be recognised by people today, such as ‘ginnel’ and ‘brass’ while others will be obscure to the modern Yorkshire ear. Some Yorkshire dialectal terms included in the dictionary include: day gate – sunset ware – worse wrangwise – incorrectly reins – k...
Mar 25, 2018 · From chincough to quissing, Alexandra Medcalf tells Sarah Freeman why she is hard at work trawling the archives to compile a new dictionary of Yorkshire dialect.
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We thought it might be useful to have a Yorkshire dictionary for those not familiar with our language. It isn’t meant to be patronising – even our northern brethren across the Pennines in Lancashire need a translation guide to some of our words.
