Dialect/slang

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 08 Jan, 2011 12:38 pm

tilly wrote: stutterdog wrote: Bramleygal wrote: Lived in Leeds for 23 years. Moved to US. Watched much BBC TV. Unbelievably, my American husband could not detect any difference between Yorkshire accents and Scottish!!! To me they are totally different, but to him they were identical

LOL Sean Connery a Yorkshireman? I don't think so (even tho he's the sexiest man ever.) I was in Tenerife last year and struck up a conversation with a bloke from Norfolk. He asked where I hailed from and when I told him Leeds, he said I didn't have a Yorkshire accent! I think he meant that I didn't speak like they do in South Yorkshire.Ian Clayton and that bloke McMillan spring to mind. Proffesional Yorkshireman ,I call'em.I dont think their accent should be regaded as the norm! Hi stutterdog But it is the norm were they come from Ian Clayton has more of a South Yorkshire accent than a West Yorkshire one even though he comes from Featherston West Yorkshire.I find that people who come from around edge of the South Yorkshire coal fields tend to have an accent more in keeping with there South Yorkshire neighbours. There is a difference in West Yorkshire. The best place to hear both versions spoken is Wakefield. The dialects south and east of Wakefield vary from that spoken to its north and west. In Cas and Fev the "o" sound is certainly different. But I wouldn't describe it as South Yorkshire. In Sheffield "thee" and "tha" become "dee" and "da" In Barnsley "don't" becomes "dun't"

BigVern · Post by **BigVern** » Sat 08 Jan, 2011 9:54 pm

I left Leeds in 77 with a very broad accent, but I started losing it in about 81 - much travel, lived in Cornwall, uni in Wales. What does surprise me is how quick it returns every time I visit, and it's totally subconscious. My vowels are still as flat as a pancake, and the occasional summat, our lass and mi'sen still slip out. The real giveaway is my complete inability to pronounce the letter "t" at the end of words - you know wha' I mean This is the same in Barbados (dad's home country) too. Mum from Shalford, I never stood a chance!Mrs. BigVern, who is Norwegian, says I sound like Michael Palin. Sheffield?! Nooooooooooo....

Herstory · Post by **Herstory** » Fri 17 Jun, 2011 1:22 am

Does anyone know the origin of the phrase "I'll go't'Ossett"? I used to hear my mother and grandmother use this often but I have no idea why Ossett is the place to go to!

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Fri 17 Jun, 2011 10:13 am

Herstory wrote: Does anyone know the origin of the phrase "I'll go't'Ossett"? I used to hear my mother and grandmother use this often but I have no idea why Ossett is the place to go to! Trojan, if still visiting the site, may know as he has Ossett connection but it was "I'll go t' top of our stairs" that I recall. Probably already mentioned in the previous 40+ pages (1000+ posts) of the thread.

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri 17 Jun, 2011 12:19 pm

Variety is the spice of life. It was always "t' foot of our stairs" in my experience.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Fri 17 Jun, 2011 12:23 pm

jim wrote: Variety is the spice of life. It was always "t' foot of our stairs" in my experience. My memory is obviously on its way out, it was indeed foot

pashy2 · Post by **pashy2** » Sun 25 Sep, 2011 5:16 am

swime = climb. eg swime up a lampostunwashed kids used to have tidemarks round their necksLeeds women when asked what they want for a meal would reply." I feel like summat right nice. "-- unique to Leeds ?All remembered from 40 years ago.

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Sun 25 Sep, 2011 11:41 am

pashy2 wrote: Leeds women when asked what they want for a meal would reply." I feel like summat right nice. "-- unique to Leeds ?All remembered from 40 years ago. My mother used to say that. She was born in Hemsworth, but went "into service" in North Leeds at 14 and lived in and around Leeds until she was 80.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Sun 25 Sep, 2011 11:51 am

jim wrote: Variety is the spice of life. It was always "t' foot of our stairs" in my experience. Tha's reet theer!

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 25 Sep, 2011 9:21 pm

I would say such as "I'm going down to town" (meaning into the centre of Leeds) and "I'm going down to London" but "I'm going up to Edinburgh". It's probably not really dialect nor slang but I wonder how others say them. For example I have heard people say "I'm going up to London".