Yorkshire dialect

[classic33]

My great grandmother was born in Earby(in 1889),which is now a guest of the red rose county,as you'll probably know. Her maiden name was Marsden. Is it a Yorkshire name i wonder?🤔

White and Red Rose Counties

"Marsden Name Meaning

English: habitational name from places in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, so named from Old English mearc ‘boundary’ (see Mark 2) + denu ‘valley’ (see Dean 1), i.e. a valley forming a natural boundary."

 

[ColinJ]

My mum was born in the 1920s and said when she was a lass, she could tell whether someone came from Marsden or Slaithwaite (pronounced slawit) as soon as they open'd their gob.

Ah, that brings back memories!

I was out on a pre-GPS tour of the hills of West Yorkshire and had just descended a nightmarishly steep hill near Huddersfield. I didn't fancy having to go back up it so I sought the help of an elderly pedestrian ...

ColinJ: Excuse me please - How far are we from Slaithwaite?

Man: Sorry, never 'eard of it. Say it again...

Me, trying harder: Slay-th-wait?

Man: No... Spell it out.

Me: S-L-A-I-T-H-W-A-I-T-E?

Man: Oh, Slough-it - you're 'ere - THIS is Slough-it. Why didn't you say that!

Me (speechless):

Try catching a train to Sowerby Bridge, from Manchester.

Sow (rhyming with 'cow')-er-bee vs Saw-be?

 

[classic33]

Ah, that brings back memories!



Sow (rhyming with 'cow')-er-bee vs Saw-be?

That be the station PA system pronunciation.
Second is closer, Sore bee.

 

[byegad]

On holiday in Norfolk, we stopped for lunch and a pint. Local said wearm you cum from?
I replied Fulmodeston, the place our cottage was located. He looked at me like I was stupid and said, you mean Fumiston!

 

[DRM]

OK, I suspect Richard Thackeray will know this, but for everyone else who knows what tusky is?

 

[classic33]

OK, I suspect Richard Thackeray will know this, but for everyone else who knows what tusky is?

Are candles involved, in an area with odd goings on?

 

[Venod]

OK, I suspect Richard Thackeray will know this, but for everyone else who knows what tusky is?

Well I do now after looking it up but I have never heard it called that before, that Barry Manilow has a lot to answer for, oh sorry thats a different triangle.

 

[DRM]

Are candles involved, in an area with odd goings on?

You’re on the right track, but I won’t force the issue

 

[classic33]

You’re on the right track, but I won’t force the issue

A word in the elephant's ear maybe.

 

[classic33]

You’re on the right track, but I won’t force the issue

A word in the elephant's ear maybe.

 

[roley poley]

my favourite spice was spanish

 

[Fergs]

OK, I suspect Richard Thackeray will know this, but for everyone else who knows what tusky is?

It’s the Yorkshire term for an eskimo’s dog, isn’t it?

 

[DRM]

A word in the elephant's ear maybe.

You’ve got it

 

[Accy cyclist]

Has 'baah eck lad' and 'ecky thump' been mentioned yet?

 

[Accy cyclist]

I worked in a wine bar in Cowling near Keighley,in the mid to late 1980's. The locals were friendly(ish). Some took a shine to me because i was an outsider with a different accent. One insisted that Accrington was part of Manchester. I wasn't going to argue with him because he reminded me of this chap. Imagine this being said to you,but in a Yorkshire accent!