{"product_id":"book-the-pocket-yorkshire-english","title":"Book - The Pocket Yorkshire English","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis handy beginner's guide to 'how to speak Yorkshire' will have you giving Sean Bean or Jodie Whittaker a run for their money in no time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dialects of English still spoken in Yorkshire, known collectively as Broad Yorkshire, Tyke or Yorkie, are both colourful and instantly recognisable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst, you have to drop your Hs, from ‘has’ and ‘her’ for example – ‘as and ‘er. Then, the Ts need to go, from ‘that’ and ‘cat’ for example, to be replaced with a slight H sound, the so-called glottal stop – tha’ and ca’ – while ‘the’ becomes simply t’. A famous example (which no one ever actually says) is ‘t’in’t in’t tin, meaning ‘it isn’t in the tin’. In a similar way ‘with’ becomes ‘wi’. Accents may differ throughout the Dales, but Ts and Hs are dropped throughout Yorkshire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd don’t bother with the G in any -ing ending. Gs at the end of words count for nothin’. The ‘ay’ sound in a word, like ‘day’, becomes ‘ee’, as do some i sounds – ‘right’, for example, becomes ‘reet’. So, in Yorkshire, you might say, ‘I’m ‘avin’ a reet grand dee!’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNever say ‘our’; you say ‘us’ – Wot’s f’r us tea, Mutha? Yorkshire’s a friendly place – anyone you meet could be ‘love’, ‘pal’ or ‘fella’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd do speak to everyone – you’re not in London! So, don’t be taken aback if someone hails you with ‘Mornin’, pet, reet grand day, i’n’it?’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYorkshire is the birthplace of what is now the international language of modern English. The dialects have featured in the work of the Brontës, who were born and lived in Yorkshire, famously in Emily Brontë’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, also in Charles Dickens’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNicholas Nickleby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among other classic works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yorkshire Wildlife Park","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59175626441052,"sku":"9781786751874","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2736\/3932\/files\/61fOUa-Z5VL._SL1500.jpg?v=1789649619","url":"https:\/\/shop.yorkshirewildlifepark.com\/products\/book-the-pocket-yorkshire-english","provider":"Yorkshire Wildlife Park","version":"1.0","type":"link"}