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On the occasions where there is no speaker, members themselves provide the theme with their own poetry and prose, by reading from the society’s collection of dialect books, or by providing personal childhood reminiscences. Other annual events are: Yorkshire Day.
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President. Mr Mark Saxby, 30, Haven Avenue, Brough, East...
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An East Yorkshire anthology from York and the Wolds, the...
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An [ɒɪ] (west riding) or [ʊə] (north and east ridings) sound was found in words that were subject to lengthening of Old English [o] in middle English such as coil, hoil in the West Riding and cooal, hooal in the North and East Ridings for coal, hole.
Feb 2, 2011 · And urchin pronounced with a broad East Riding accent comes over as “otchin.” Although these words were commonly used during my childhood, over 50 years ago, I rarely, if ever, hear them ...
Many phrases are only from one part of Yorkshire too - there needs to a be a glossary for each riding. Kath. East Riding dialect is amazing as well.
Read Yorkshire Dialect. Visit our Yorkshire dialect writing section. Learn All About Dialect. Discover the origins of Yorkshire dialect. Established in 1897, the Yorkshire Dialect Society is the world's oldest surviving dialect society.
An East Yorkshire anthology from York and the Wolds, the Vale of Pickering and the sea, Leeds: Yorkshire Dialect Society. Hoy, A. L. (1952) An etymological glossary of the East Yorkshire dialect, Thesis (PhD): Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of English.
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There are agricultural terms, for example, in the North and East Ridings which are quite unknown in the West. Similarly, the mining, steel and textile terminology of the West Riding is little used in the North and East.
